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Mem-sahib   Listen
noun
mem-sahib, memsahib  n.  Lady; mistress; used by Hindustani-speaking natives in India in addressing European women.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Mem-sahib" Quotes from Famous Books



... one night there came a nervous knocking at Muriel's door, and springing up from her bed she came face to face with Daisy's ayah. The woman was grey with fright, and babbling incoherently. Something about "baba" and the "mem-sahib" Muriel caught and instantly guessed that the baby had been taken ill. She flung a wrap round her, ...
— The Way of an Eagle • Ethel M. Dell

... "The Memsahib very sorry, sir, but cannot speak to any one just now;" and he heard the jar of the instrument as the receiver at the other end was sharply hung up and the ...
— Witness For The Defense • A.E.W. Mason



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