Sir, in old India

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SAHIB

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Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SAHIB

Every other clue in this collection answered by SAHIB, most used first.

• Indian honorific - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Indian term of respect - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Sir, in India - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
• Indian address - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Master, in Madras - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Sir, in colonial India - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Indian title - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Title of respect in colonial India - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Indian title of respect - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Master - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Address in colonial India - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Madras master - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Masculine title. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
• Master, in colonial India - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Master, in India - used 7 times, most recently in 1995

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