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mem·sa·hib (m

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sä

b)

n.

Used formerly in colonial India as a form of respectful address for a European woman.

[ma'am + sahib.]

memsahib

Noun

(formerly, in India) a term of respect used for a European married woman [ma'am + sahib]

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memsahib - a woman sahib

sahib - formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name

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In those days I rode seventy miles with an English Memsahib and her babe on my saddle-bow.

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