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OP Also spelled shikarri. I just saw it in a short story about
an British cavalry unit in India over a hundred years ago.
shikari
SYLLABICATION: shi·ka·ri
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: sh-kär, -kr KEY
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. shi·ka·ris
1. A big-game hunter.
2. A guide for big-game hunting.
ETYMOLOGY: Hindi shikr, from Persian, from shikr, hunting, from Middle Persian shkr.
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