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Definition of Memsahib
1. Noun. A woman sahib.
Definition of Memsahib
1. n. Lady; mistress; -- used by Hindustani-speaking natives in India in addressing European women.
Definition of Memsahib
1. Noun. formerly, a term of respect for a female white European in colonial India ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Memsahib
1. a European woman living in colonial India [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Memsahib
Literary usage of Memsahib
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. When We Were Strolling Players in the East by Louise Jordan Miln (1894)
"memsahib ! " he cried, and fell at my feet. He had thrown his box down at the door.
... He say man no give tings memsahib want. He no have money. ..."
2. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1893)
"It is entitled The Simple Adventures of a memsahib ; and, as may be surmised from
the title, deals with the various aspects of life in an English settlement ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling, Charles Wolcott Balestier (1897)
"Ram Dass declares that he said nothing, but walked up and down the verandah all
the cold night, waiting for the memsahib to come up the hill and stretching ..."
4. In the Eyes of the East by Marjorie Latta Barstow Greenbie (1921)
"There was about him an air of secret satisfaction—but he lied serenely. What,
was memsahib worried? He had merely stepped out to get a clean white cloth in ..."
5. Robert Clark of the Panjab: Pioneer and Missionary Statesman by Henry Martyn Clark (1907)
"He thought it was my memsahib who had made it, and asked where she was. ...
Well,' I said, ' if it is to be for the memsahib, of course I must not say ..."
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