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shikar - What does it mean?

Definition of 'shikar'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (India) Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition.
  • * 1888': Where other men took ten days to the Hills, Strickland took leave for what he called '''''shikar'' , put on the disguise that appealed to him at the time, stepped down into the brown crowd, and was swallowed up for a while. — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Miss Youghal's ''Sais''’, ''Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 25)
  • hunting guide (elsewhere besides India, e.g. Australia)
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