Associations to the word «Sahib»

Wiktionary

SAHIB, noun. Formerly, a term of respect for a white European in colonial India

Dictionary definition

SAHIB, noun. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats