memsahib

noun

Etymology

From ma'am + sahib.

  1. derived from صَاحِب
  2. derived from صاحب
  3. compounded as memsahib — “ma'am + sahib

Definitions

  1. A white European woman in colonial India.

    • She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for memsahib. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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