Usually means: Title for a Muslim lady.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word begum:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. begum: Merriam-Webster
  2. Begum, begum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. begum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. begum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. begum: Vocabulary.com
  6. Begum, begum: Wordnik
  7. Begum, begum: Wiktionary
  8. begum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. begum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. begum: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Begum, begum: Dictionary.com
  12. Begum (disambiguation), Begum (magazine), Begum (name), Begum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Begum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. begum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. begum: Rhymezone
  16. Begum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. Begum: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. begum: FreeDictionary.org
  19. begum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. begum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. begum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. begum: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To daub or cover with gum.
▸ noun:  a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia
▸ noun:  the form of address for such a woman
▸ noun:  A surname of Bengali usage
▸ noun:  An honorific title from Central and South Asia, often used by leading women in society.

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begaum, gum up, smother, behoney, gob up, bedaub, gloop, oversize, beglue, deech, more...

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Begum of Bhopal, more...

Phrases:
Shamima Begum, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Jahanara Begum, Begum Jaan, Sharmeena Begum, more...

Adjectives:
old, late, elder, younger, jealous, poor, natured, favourite, nisa, honest, indian

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Similar:
begaum, gum up, smother, behoney, gob up, bedaub, gloop, oversize, beglue, deech, more...

Types:
Begum of Bhopal, more...

Phrases:
Shamima Begum, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Jahanara Begum, Begum Jaan, Sharmeena Begum, Begum Para, Begum Rokeya, Begum Akhtar, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Hamida Banu Begum, Apsana Begum, Zubeida Begum, more...

Adjectives:
old, late, elder, younger, jealous, poor, natured, favourite, nisa, honest, indian

Colors:
    emerald,     ruby,     sapphire,     gold,     silver, more...



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