shikari
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From Urdu / Hindi شکاری / शिकारी (śikārī), from Persian شکاری (šekâri, “of hunting”), from شکار (šekâr, “hunting, game”).
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shikari (plural shikaris)
- A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.
- 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House, Norton, published 2005, page 807:
- I wonder that my very simple stratagem could deceive so old a shikari,’ said Holmes.
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
- "I'll stake my good name as a shikarree," said he, "that the track is a fresh one."
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shikari