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memsahib

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mem⋅sa⋅hib

  [mem-sah-ib, -eeb]
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–noun
(formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
Origin:
1855–60; < Hindi, equiv. to mem (< E ma'am ) + sāhib master (< Ar ṣāḥib)
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mem·sa·hib   (měm'sä'ĭb)   
n.  Used formerly in colonial India as a form of respectful address for a European woman.

[ma'am + sahib.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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