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

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bibi bibis

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

Depart, yaha bibi, my friend, depart in peace.”

From The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat

Yet bibi, like bäbä, for "bitte," is correctly used by the child of his own accord.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer

The Boar's Head in Eastcheap was his headquarters, and, like Barnabee's, two centuries later, his journeys were from tavern to tavern; and, like Barnabee, he might say 'Multum bibi, nunquam pransi.'

From Obiter Dicta by Augustine Birrell

But Stas, at the very thought of whipping the "bibi," jumped as if scalded and shouted in anger: "Fool, do you know who the 'bibi' is?"

From In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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