mahout
(noun) the driver and keeper of an elephant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mahout (plural mahouts)
An elephant driver and keeper.
mahout (third-person singular simple present mahouts, present participle mahouting, simple past and past participle mahouted)
To drive elephants.
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*hout", n. Etym: [Hind. mahawat, Skr. mahamatra; mahat great + matra measure.]
Definition: The keeper and driver of an elephant. [East Indies]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
