bibi
noun
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).
bibis
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pluralof bibi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After all, it is the grandmothers — the bibis — who tell their stories here.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2020
As much as geography, they are held together by the fact that all the recipes come from bibis — matriarchs — who are home cooks from the region.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
"Vaticana bibis, bibis venenum," wrote the Roman satirist Martial in the 1st century: "Drink Vatican and you drink poison."
From Time Magazine Archive
That wines of a resinous taste were esteemed, appears from Martial: Resinata bibis vina, Falerna fugis.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
All went well until we came near Chandernagore; we struck a snag; the boat sprang a leak; we feared the bibis would be drowned.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang
