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"text": "The Serrievvan hath the overſight of the Camels, and the Mahout, that of the Elephants.",
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"ref": "2005, Lynette A. Hart, “The Elephant–Mahout Relationship in India and Nepal: A Tourist Attraction”, in John Knight, editor, Animals in Person: Cultural Perspectives on Human–Animal Intimacies, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2020, page 172",
"text": "Around mid-day elephants were taken into the forest by their mahouts to forage on foods of their choice, and then carried back a supply of food gathered by mahout and elephant. During the relaxed mid-day period, it was common to see mahouts sleeping on their elephants' backs, under an umbrella for shade.",
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"word": "ហត្ថិគោបកៈ"
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"word": "ទ្រមាក់"
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"word": "머하웃"
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"word": "فیلبان"
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"word": "ਮਹੌਤ"
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"word": "பணிக்கன்"
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"word": "யானைப்பாகன்"
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"code": "te",
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"sense": "elephant trainer, keeper, and driver",
"word": "గజారోహుడు"
},
{
"code": "te",
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"sense": "elephant trainer, keeper, and driver",
"word": "మావటి"
},
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"word": "ควาญ"
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{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "kwaan",
"sense": "elephant trainer, keeper, and driver",
"word": "ควาญช้าง"
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"word": "مَہَوت"
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"code": "ur",
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"word": "مَہاوَت"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "elephant trainer, keeper, and driver",
"word": "quản tượng"
}
],
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"Victoria and Albert Museum"
],
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"ref": "1984 August, Alan Dean Foster, chapter XI, in Voyage to the City of the Dead (A Del Rey Book), New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, page 151",
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"ref": "2016, Colm O’Regan, “Standing on Ceremony”, in Bolloxology, London: Transworld Ireland, part 1 (Private), page 50",
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"ref": "1957 July, Edward Wellen, “Sweet Dreams”, in Larry T[aylor] Shaw, editor, Infinity Science Fiction, volume 2, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Royal Publications, →OCLC, pages 67–68",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Rajeevan R., “A Socio-political Analysis of the Tribes in Kerala”, in Towards Political Empowerment: Political Socialization and Political Participation of Tribal Community in Kerala, Delhi: Kalpaz Publications, page 41",
"text": "Traditionally they are hunters and gatherers but today they are agricultural labourers. […] They are experts at collecting honey and mahouting.",
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"word": "muntar elefants"
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