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shikari

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7 lettersPronunciation /ʃɪˈkɑːɹiː/Sorted ahiikrsStarts with SEnds with I0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.

Word origin

From Urdu شکاری / Hindi शिकारी (śikārī), from Classical Persian شکاری (šikārī, “of hunting”), from شکار (šikār, “hunting, game”).

Used in a sentence

  • ‘And if thou art not a shikarri, where didst thou learn thy knowledge of the tiger-folk?’ said he. ‘No tracker could have done better.’
  • I wonder that my very simple stratagem could deceive so old a shikari,’ said Holmes.
  • "I'll stake my good name as a shikarree," said he, "that the track is a fresh one."

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