burra sahibn.

/ˈbʌrəˈsɑːɪb/

Forms: Also with capital initials.

Etymology: < Hindi barā great, çāhib master (see sahib n.).

India.

A title of respect used by Indians in referring to the head of a family, the chief officer in a station, the head of a department, etc. Also transferred.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for foreign persons of rank

bashawa1535

altesse1559

monseigneur1561

sheikh1577

naik1588

bey1589

altezza1595

kamia1601

illustrissimo1623

donshipc1626

pasha1648

Rao1665

hospodar1684

beg1686

burra sahiba1827

inkosi1835

gospodar1847

Mgr1848

Rai Bahadur1871

Rai Sahib1905

a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1918) II. x. 136 The Governor-General, Mr. Wheler, General Stibbert, Mr. Barwell, and in fact all the Burra Sahibs (great men) of Calcutta.

1863 G. O. Trevelyan Dawk Bungalow 1 Chota Sahib one rupee give. Burra Sahib two rupee.

1885 Lady Dufferin Viceregal Life India (1889) I. 57 The great lords and ladies (Burra Sahib and Burra Mem Sahib).

1922 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 283/2 I made my way to the burra Police Sahib.

1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 180/2 The Hindu..announced it to be the habitation of a very burra (high in station) sahib.

1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xxv. 371 The position for which Nature had designed her from the first, that of a burra memsahib.

1936 R. W. Chapman Names, Designations & Appellations 240 The societies of industry, commerce..are commonly divisible into three grades... Members of A say ‘Smith’ to each other (..but a Burra Sahib may be ‘Sir’).

Derivatives

burra beebee n.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > rank [phrase] > foreign woman of rank

burra beebee1807

burra mem1885

1807 Ld. Minto Let. 20 Sept. in Lord Minto in India (1880) ii. 29 The Burro Bebee, or lady of the highest rank.

1848 J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter 44 Burra-beebee, or burra-mem, a great lady; the appellation bestowed upon the female head of a house, or the wife of the principal personage at a station or presidency of India.

burra mem n. (also burra mem-sahib) a similar title for a lady.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > rank [phrase] > foreign woman of rank

burra beebee1807

burra mem1885

1885 Lady Dufferin Our Viceregal Life in India (1889) I. 57 The great lords and Ladies (Burra Sahib and Burra Mem Sahib).

1922 Outward Bound Nov. 137/2 Part of the headdress or person of a burra-mem.

1963 M. Malim Pagoda Tree xxii. 145 The gathering throng of eminently decorous knights, ladies, burra sahibs and burra mems gathering on the lamplit lawn below.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	burra sahib
释义	burra sahibn. /ˈbʌrəˈsɑːɪb/ Forms: Also with capital initials. Etymology: < Hindi barā great, çāhib master (see sahib n.). India. A title of respect used by Indians in referring to the head of a family, the chief officer in a station, the head of a department, etc. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for foreign persons of rank bashawa1535 altesse1559 monseigneur1561 sheikh1577 naik1588 bey1589 altezza1595 kamia1601 illustrissimo1623 donshipc1626 pasha1648 Rao1665 hospodar1684 beg1686 burra sahiba1827 inkosi1835 gospodar1847 Mgr1848 Rai Bahadur1871 Rai Sahib1905 a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1918) II. x. 136 The Governor-General, Mr. Wheler, General Stibbert, Mr. Barwell, and in fact all the Burra Sahibs (great men) of Calcutta. 1863 G. O. Trevelyan Dawk Bungalow 1 Chota Sahib one rupee give. Burra Sahib two rupee. 1885 Lady Dufferin Viceregal Life India (1889) I. 57 The great lords and ladies (Burra Sahib and Burra Mem Sahib). 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 283/2 I made my way to the burra Police Sahib. 1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 180/2 The Hindu..announced it to be the habitation of a very burra (high in station) sahib. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xxv. 371 The position for which Nature had designed her from the first, that of a burra memsahib. 1936 R. W. Chapman Names, Designations & Appellations 240 The societies of industry, commerce..are commonly divisible into three grades... Members of A say ‘Smith’ to each other (..but a Burra Sahib may be ‘Sir’). Derivatives burra beebee n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > rank [phrase] > foreign woman of rank burra beebee1807 burra mem1885 1807 Ld. Minto Let. 20 Sept. in Lord Minto in India (1880) ii. 29 The Burro Bebee, or lady of the highest rank. 1848 J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter 44 Burra-beebee, or burra-mem, a great lady; the appellation bestowed upon the female head of a house, or the wife of the principal personage at a station or presidency of India. burra mem n. (also burra mem-sahib) a similar title for a lady. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > rank [phrase] > foreign woman of rank burra beebee1807 burra mem1885 1885 Lady Dufferin Our Viceregal Life in India (1889) I. 57 The great lords and Ladies (Burra Sahib and Burra Mem Sahib). 1922 Outward Bound Nov. 137/2 Part of the headdress or person of a burra-mem. 1963 M. Malim Pagoda Tree xxii. 145 The gathering throng of eminently decorous knights, ladies, burra sahibs and burra mems gathering on the lamplit lawn below. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1807
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