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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 1008 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SAHIB , a

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TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of respect in

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India, specially used to designate Europeans . The word is Arabic, and originally means a

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COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion . It is generically fixed to the titles of men of

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RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, as

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KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan Sahib,

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NAWAB

Nawab Sahib,

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RAJA

Raja Sahib, and is

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EQUIVALENT

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MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master . The proper feminine

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form is sahiba; but the hybrid

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TERM

term memsahib (from madam and sahib) is universally used in India for

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EUROPEAN

European ladies .

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