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Definition of sahib noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sahib

noun
 
/sɑːb/,
 
/ˈsɑːhɪb/
 
/ˈsɑːhɪb/,
 
/ˈsɑːhiːb/
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  1. used in India, especially in the past, to address a European man, especially one with some social or official status
    Word OriginUrdu, via Persian from Arabic ṣāḥib ‘friend, lord’.
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