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MEMSAHIB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does memsahib mean? 

MEMSAHIB (noun)
  The noun MEMSAHIB has 1 sense:

1. a woman sahibplay

  Familiarity information: MEMSAHIB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEMSAHIB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman sahib

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("memsahib" is a kind of...):

sahib (formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name)


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