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sa·hib (sä′ib′, -hib′; säb; sä′ēb′, -hēb′)

noun

sir; master: title used in colonial India when speaking to or of a European, and later extended to any male as a sign of respect or formality

Etymology: Hindi sāhib < Ar ṣāhib, master, lit., associate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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