sahib
noun
1 sahib
Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name.
Roget 373:
man,
male,
he,
him;
manhood
etc.
(adolescence)
131;
gentleman,
sir,
master;
sahib;
yeoman,
wight†,
swain,
fellow,
blade,
beau,
elf,
chap,
gaffer,
good man;
husband
etc.
(married man)
903;
Mr. ,
mister;
boy
etc.
(youth)
129.
[Male animal]
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 [Slang].
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Roget 875:
nobility,
rank,
condition,
distinction,
optimacy†,
blood,
pur sang [Fr.],
birth,
high descent,
order;
quality,
gentility;
blue blood of Castile;
ancien regime [Fr.].
high life,
haute monde [Fr.];
upper classes,
upper ten thousand;
the four hundred [U.S.];
elite,
aristocracy,
great folks;
fashionable world
etc.
(fashion)
852.
peer,
peerage;
house of lords,
house of peers;
lords,
lords temporal and spiritual;
noblesse;
noble,
nobleman;
lord,
lordling†;
grandee,
magnifico [Lat.],
hidalgo;
daimio [Jap.],
daimyo [Jap.],
samurai [Jap.],
shizoku [Jap.];
don,
donship†;
aristocrat,
swell,
three-tailed bashaw†;
gentleman,
squire,
squireen†,
patrician,
laureate.
gentry,
gentlefolk;
squirarchy [Slang],
better sort magnates,
primates,
optimates†;
pantisocracy†.
king
etc.
(master)
745;
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
&c.;
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 [U.S.];
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan];
every inch a king"
[Lear].
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Moby thesaurus: 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, teacher ... show more.
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