Mem-sahib

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  memsahib
       n : a woman sahib