Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India;
used after the name;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sahib \Sa"hib\, Saheb \Sa"heb\, n. [Ar. [,c][=a]hib master,
lord, fem. [,c][=a]hibah.]
A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.
[India]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sahib
n 1: formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in
colonial India; used after the name
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "sahib":
Esquire, Herr, Master, Mister, Sir, boss, bwana, chef, chief,
church dignitary, don, ecclesiarch, effendi, elder, emir, employer,
goodman, guru, husband, khan, liege, liege lord, lord,
lord paramount, master, mirza, monsieur, overlord, padrone,
paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, rabbi, seigneur,
seignior, signor, sir, sirdar, sire, sirrah, starets, teacher