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begum

/bee-guhm, bey-/US // ˈbi gəm, ˈbeɪ- //UK // (ˈbeɪɡəm) //

乞丐,乞讨者,乞儿,丐帮

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially a widow.

Examples

  • For that reason a marriage distasteful to both had already been arranged between him and the Roshinara Begum.

  • He hath in his keeping certain papers that concern the Roshinara Begum of Delhi, and he must be made to confess their whereabouts.

  • When the Begum and the moulvie departed for Lucknow they were accompanied by nearly the whole of their retinue.

  • She left her quarters by a covered way and waited outside the Begum Kotee until a soldier found Fulton.

  • His father's ancestors were of noble descent, and those of his mother, Munny Begum, more eminently and more illustriously so.