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shikari Anglo-Ind.|ʃiːˈkɑːriː|
Also shecarrie, shikaree, shikkaree, -ie, shikarry, -i(e, shikari(e, shickaree, shekary, shekarree, -y.
[Urdū (from Pers.) shikāri, f. shikār: see shikar n.]
A hunter or sportsman. a. ‘A native expert, who either brings in game on his own account, or accompanies European sportsmen as guide or aid’ (Yule).
1827D. Johnson Ind. Field Sports 25 Shecarries are generally Hindoos of a low cast. 1832Mundy Pen & Pencil Sk. I. 119 We got information from some shikkaree (native hunters). 1867A. L. Adams Wand. Naturalist India 233 My servants and shickaree were employed in stretching bear-skins. 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 741/1 Rewards are given by government to native shikàris for the heads of tigers. 1885G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 101 The shikari and I entered the jungle in pursuit. 1964R. Perry World of Tiger i. 8 Peacocks and tigers live together, say Indian shikaris, because the peacock is a thirsty bird and the tiger is a thirsty animal. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 45/1, I had become a keen shikari; there were few better areas than the country 80 miles round Delhi for small game. 1977New Yorker 27 June 28/2 We're going to use you for bait, as a decoy. The way shikaris stake out a goat in India.
b. Applied to a European sportsman.
1860(title), The Spear and the Rifle; or, Recollections of Sport in India. By an Old Shekarree [H. A. Leveson]. 1892H. M. Chichester in Dict. Nat. Biog. XXIX. 116/1 His [Jacob's] prowess as a shikarry is perpetuated in native verse. 1907J. H. Patterson Man-Eaters of Tsavo App. i. 330 The whole country abounds in game, and there cannot be lack of sport and trophies for the keen shikari. 1936W. H. Saumarez Smith Let. 21 Nov. in Young Man's Country (1977) ii. 43 When they find that I am neither a Blue, nor a brilliant horseman, nor an experienced shikari, nor a bridge-player, they may think twice about offering the appointment to me.
c. attrib. and Comb.
1887J. C. Fife-Cookson Tiger Shooting 17 A native merchant in Dehra had a good shikarie or hunting-elephant. 1900Absent-minded War 168 There is a colour known to Indian sportsmen as shikarri mixture, a sort of greenish-grey, which is practically invisible in the jungle or when working among trees. |