bibi

American  

[bee-bee] / ˈbi bi /

noun

bibis, plural bibi plural

1. in India, a European or Indian woman who is the mistress of a household, especially in historical or colonial contexts (also used as a term of address).

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bibi
  plural
• bibis
  plural

Example Sentences

But it is the interviews with each bibi, including their cooking tips, that make the book, written with Julia Turshen, truly alive.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2020

"Sahib," he said, "the bibi and the chota bibi are here."

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert

"Tell the Sahib 'tis the bibi of an English sahib," she said.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert

He said that he did this in order that "nothing should bite the great master and the bibi."

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Est ibi vnus aquæ fons ita de nocte calidus, vt nemo in eo sustineat manum, et ita de die frigidus, vt bibi vix possit.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard