Begum.

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.

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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