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memsahib definition

mem·sa·hib (mem sä′ib, -säb′)

noun

lady; madam: a title used in colonial India by a servant, etc. in speaking to or of a European woman

Etymology: Anglo-Ind < mem (< ma'am) + Hindi ṣāḥib, sahib

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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