begum
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2BEGUM + NOUN
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PREP.
up, with
Definitions
verb
To daub or cover with gum.
noun
a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia
He went to India with his capital, and there, according to a wild legend in our family, he was once seen riding on an elephant, in company with a Baboon; but I think it must have been a Baboo—or a Begum.
She was the daughter of an English officer, who having fallen in love with an Indian Begum gave up home, country, and friends, and married her.
the form of address for such a woman
It was a known fact that an envoy from an Indian Prince, a Colonel Altamont, the Nawaub of Lucknow’s prime favourite, an extraordinary man, who had, it was said, embraced Mahometanism, and undergone a thousand wild and perilous adventures was at present in this country, trying to negotiate with the Begum Clavering, the sale of the Nawaub’s celebrated nose-ring diamond, ‘the light of the Dewan.’
name
A surname of Bengali usage
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3He went to India with his capital, and there, according to a wild legend in our family, he was once seen riding on an elephant, in company with a Baboon; but I think it must have been a Baboo—or a Beg
WiktionaryShe was the daughter of an English officer, who having fallen in love with an Indian Begum gave up home, country, and friends, and married her.
Wiktionarytoxic politics dominated by the bitter infighting of the “battling begums” (the widow and daughter of former presidents, who lead the two main parties).
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