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Definition of begums in English English dictionary
- plural of begum
- Begum
- A Muslim honorific for a high-ranking woman, with its origin in India and Pakistan, that has become a surname in the west
- begum
- One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
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- In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank
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- To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
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- a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan One who makes it his business to ask alms
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- a high ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan
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- a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
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- the form of address for such a woman
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- The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
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- In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
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- {i} Muslim lady of high rank (often a widow)
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- One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
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- Beggary
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- The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
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- To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
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- a title of respect, used for married Muslim women, especially of high rank