Sahibdom

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being a person of rank, especially a British person, in colonial India. uncountable

    "‘Oah!’ said Kim, firmly resolved to cling to his Sahibdom. ‘There was a box in the night that gave me bad talk. So I stopped it. Was it your box?’"

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"‘Oah!’ said Kim, firmly resolved to cling to his Sahibdom. ‘There was a box in the night that gave me bad talk. So I stopped it. Was it your box?’"

Etymology

From sahib + -dom.

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