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Definition of "memsahib" [mem•sa•hib]

  • Used formerly in colonial India as a form of respectful address for a European woman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "memsahib" in a sentence
  • "And just because you call the memsahib ‘baji’ doesn’t make her care about you like a big sister would."
  • "I liked watching the meticulously-curated history of Singapore, especially the old photographs of rickshaw drivers and their imperious "memsahib" passengers during Singapore's heyday as a British colony, at the Singapore Historical Museum."
  • "She had enjoyed the life of a railway memsahib, but hated the constant movement it involved."