English Explanatory Dictionary

brown sahib

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Indian sycophant acting on behalf of the British.

Word forms

brown sahib brown sahibs

Etymology

From (ethnic slur) brown (“South Asian”) and sahib (“a term of respect for a white European in colonial India”).

Related words

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