memsahib

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memsahib - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  memsahib \mem"sa`hib\, mem-sahib
  \mem"-sa`hib\(m[e^]m"s[aum]`[i^]b), n. [Hind. mem-s[=a]hib; mem
     (fr. E. ma'am) + Ar. [,c][=a]hib master. See Sahib.]
     Lady; mistress; -- used by Hindustani-speaking natives in
     India in addressing European women.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

memsahib - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  memsahib
      n 1: a woman sahib