memsahib

mem·sa·hib

M5225600 (mĕm′sä′hĭb, -sä′ĭb, -säb)n.1. Used as a form of address for a European woman in South Asia.2. A European woman in colonial India.3. A female mountaineer employing Sherpas or porters in the Himalayas.

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[ma'am + sahib.]

memsahib

(ˈmɛmˌsɑːɪb; -hɪb) n(formerly in India) a term of respect used of a European married woman[C19: from ma'am + sahib]

mem•sa•hib

(ˈmɛmˌsɑ ɪb, -ib)

n. (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman. [1855–60; < Hindi =mem (< E ma ' am) + sāhib master (< Arabic ṣāḥib)]

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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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