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Begum

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A lady, princess, or woman of high rank in India; the wife of a ruler. (Bey or Beg, governor of a Turkish province, a title of honour.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Beggars Barm
Beggars Bullets
Beggar’s Bush
Beggar’s Daughter
Begging Hermits
Begging the Question
Beghards
Begtashi
Begue dentendement
Béguins
Begum
Behemoth (Hebrew)
Behmenists
Behram
Bejan
Bel-à-faire-peur
Bel Esprit (French)
Belch
Belcher
Beldam
Beleses

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