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sahib
CIDE DICTIONARY
sahib, n. [Ar. master, lord, fem. .].
A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sahib, n.
1 hist. (in India) a form of address, often placed after the name, to European men.
2 colloq. a gentleman (pukka sahib).
1 hist. (in India) a form of address, often placed after the name, to European men.
2 colloq. a gentleman (pukka sahib).
Etymology
Urdu f. Arab. sahib friend, lord
THESAURUS
sahib
Esquire, Herr, Master, Mister, Sir, boss, bwana, chef, chief, church dignitary, don, ecclesiarch, effendi, elder, emir, employer, goodman, guru, husband, khan, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, master, mirza, monsieur, overlord, padrone, paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, rabbi, seigneur, seignior, signor, sir, sirdar, sire, sirrah, starets, teacherROGET THESAURUS
sahib
Nobility
N nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang, birth, high descent, order, quality, gentility, blue blood of Castile, ancien regime, high life, haute monde, upper classes, upper ten thousand, the four hundred, elite, aristocracy, great folks, fashionable world, peer, peerage, house of lords, house of peers, lords, lords temporal and spiritual, noblesse, noble, nobleman, lord, lordling, grandee, magnifico, hidalgo, daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku, don, donship, aristocrat, swell, three- tailed bashaw, gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate, gentry, gentlefolk, squirarchy, better sort magnates, primates, optimates, pantisocracy, king, atheling, prince, duke, marquis, marquisate, earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret, baronet, baronetcy, knight, knighthood, count, armiger, laird, signior, seignior, esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour, emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali, sahib, chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave, princess, begum, duchess, marchioness, countess, lady, dame, memsahib, Do$a, maharani, rani, personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark, notables, notabilities, celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star, superstar, big bug, big gun, great gun, gilded rooster, magni nominis umbra, every inch a king, noble, exalted, of rank, princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic, high-, well-born, of gentle blood, genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly, highly respectable, in high quarters, Adel sitzt im Gemuthe nicht im Gebluete, adelig und edel sind zweierlei, noblesse oblige.Man
N man, male, he, him, manhood, gentleman, sir, master, sahib, yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man, husband, Mr, mister, boy, cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion, gibcat, tomcat, he goat, Billy goat, ram, tup, bull, bullock, capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot, androgen, homosexual, gay, queen, male, he-, masculine, manly, virile, unwomanly, unfeminine, Pron, he, him, his, hominem pagina nostra sapit, homo homini aut deus aut lupus, homo vitae commodatus non donatus est.For further exploring for "sahib" in Webster Dictionary Online
