Shekarry (also spelt shikarry, shikaree, chickary; Hind. shikāri), an Anglo-Indian word for 'hunter,' 'sportsman,' familiar to English readers from the books on sport in India by 'The old Shekarry,' Major H. A. Leveson (1828-75).
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