Usually means: Colonial term for European woman.
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  1. memsahib: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. memsahib: Merriam-Webster
  3. memsahib: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. memsahib: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. memsahib: Collins English Dictionary
  6. memsahib: Vocabulary.com
  7. Memsahib, memsahib: Wordnik
  8. memsahib: Wiktionary
  9. memsahib: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. memsahib: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. memsahib: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. memsahib: Dictionary.com
  13. memsahib: Rhymezone
  14. memsahib: FreeDictionary.org
  15. memsahib: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. memsahib: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (India, historical, as a respectful term of address) A white European woman in colonial India.

Similar:
mamsahib, sahib, saheb, sahibah, sahibji, sahiba, Mosammat, sudder ameen, amlah, mirza, more...

Opposite:
sahib, master, lord, sir

Types:
lady, woman, girl, miss, madam, dame, more...

Adjectives:
little, english, alien, white, young, british, dead, real, new, typical, rich

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Similar:
mamsahib, sahib, saheb, sahibah, sahibji, sahiba, Mosammat, sudder ameen, amlah, mirza, more...

Opposite:
sahib, master, lord, sir

Types:
lady, woman, girl, miss, madam, dame, more...

Adjectives:
little, english, alien, white, young, british, dead, real, new, typical, rich



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