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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

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