oozie

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Noun

oozie (plural oozies)

  1. In Myanmar, an elephant trainer or mahout.
    • 1937, C. V. Warren, Burmese Interlude, page 37:
      This is the story of Ba Galay and Maunga Sein, his oozie, one of the bravest men whom I have ever met.
    • 1955, Alice E. Goudey, Here Come the Elephants!, page 90:
      When Little Elephant is shut in the pen, the oozie offers him another banana. But he kicks and bawls and will not take it.
    • 1969, Animals You Will Never Forget, Reader's Digest, page 186:
      It is her chewing gum as she works, but it earns her a sarcastic comment from the oozie: "My mother, but you are forever eating!" However, his patience is quite undisturbed. The elephant takes her time.
    • 1998, Roland Smith, In the Forest with Elephants:
      Women sometimes help their oozie husbands with the feeding and care of the elephants, but in Myanmar only males are allowed to become oozies.
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