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shikaris

shikaris is the plural of shikari.

Meaning of shikari

Noun

shikari (plural shikaris)

  1. A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.
    • ‘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.’1893, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Rukh”, in Many Inventions, London: Macmillan and Co., page 196
  2. (historical) A shooting-boat used in the Kashmir lakes.

Questions about shikaris

What is shikaris the plural of?
Shikaris is the plural of shikari.

Words near shikaris in the dictionary

  1. shikarees
  2. shikargah
  3. shikargahs
  4. shikari
  5. shikaring
  6. shikaris
  7. shikarred
  8. shikarree
  9. shikarrees
  10. shikarri
  11. shikarring

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