Tipu Sahib

or Tip·poo Sa·hib

[ tip-oo sah-ib, -eeb ]

/ ˈtɪp u ˈsɑ ɪb, -ib /

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noun

1750–99, sultan of Mysore 1782–99.

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How to use Tipu Sahib in a sentence

“In the early years after the collapse, we were in written contact with Mullah Sahib,” Motasim says.
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He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
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Both animal and man seemed to be dozing, but they woke into activity when the sahib approached.
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This rascal was owed a debt for the indignity he had offered the sahib in the village, and now he was paid in full.
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“Akhab Khan prevented those Shia dogs from shooting you and Mayne-sahib,” went on the low murmur.
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Five hundred came back, vowing that they would stand by “Lar-rence-sahib Bahadur” till the last.
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British Dictionary definitions for Tipu Sahib

Tipu Sahib

Tippoo Sahib

/ (ˈtɪpuː ˈsɑːɪb) /

noun

?1750–99, sultan of Mysore (1782–99): killed fighting the British

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