Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a form of address for a European woman in South Asia.
- noun A European woman in colonial India.
- noun A female mountaineer employing Sherpas or porters in the Himalayas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, a European lady; the mistress of a household: so called by native servants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lady; mistress; -- used by Hindustani-speaking natives in India in addressing European women.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun formerly, a term of
respect for afemale white European incolonial India
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman sahib
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And just because you call the memsahib ‘baji’ doesn’t make her care about you like a big sister would.
Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008
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And just because you call the memsahib ‘baji’ doesn’t make her care about you like a big sister would.
Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008
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I liked watching the meticulously-curated history of Singapore, especially the old photographs of rickshaw drivers and their imperious "memsahib" passengers during Singapore's heyday as a British colony, at the Singapore Historical Museum.
Dana Kennedy: Strict Singapore May Be the Most Surprising Place on Earth Dana Kennedy 2010
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I liked watching the meticulously-curated history of Singapore, especially the old photographs of rickshaw drivers and their imperious "memsahib" passengers during Singapore's heyday as a British colony, at the Singapore Historical Museum.
Dana Kennedy: Strict Singapore May Be the Most Surprising Place on Earth 2010
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She had enjoyed the life of a railway memsahib, but hated the constant movement it involved.
A House on Wheels : Anita Rau Badami talks about her novel Tamarind Woman 2010
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Bradshaw is sort of totally English and very fun to write as is his wife, the memsahib.
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One day, thieves broke into the house while the memsahib was enjoying her drunken siesta and stole her very valuable sapphire ring.
Citizen Focus – meet the “customer”. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I almost passed out from the noonday sun and humidity at the Singapore Botanical Gardens until the director, Dr. Chin See Chung, another Yale grad, whisked out a giant parasol for me as if I were modern-day memsahib.
Dana Kennedy: Strict Singapore May Be the Most Surprising Place on Earth 2010
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I almost passed out from the noonday sun and humidity at the Singapore Botanical Gardens until the director, Dr. Chin See Chung, another Yale grad, whisked out a giant parasol for me as if I were modern-day memsahib.
Dana Kennedy: Strict Singapore May Be the Most Surprising Place on Earth Dana Kennedy 2010
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And in the wake of this came the dreaded memsahib: the wife and companion and helpmeet of the officer, the district commissioner, the civil servant, and the judge.
Victoria’s Secret 2008
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