Qui-hi
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech interjection
Quick meaning: Qui-hi is an interjection meaning (India, historical) An Anglo-Indian call for a servant.
Meaning
(India, historical) An Anglo-Indian call for a servant.
More Meanings
- (India, historical, colloquial) An Anglo-Indian in Bengal.
Example Sentences
[…] would find themselves at Galle regarded as interlopers by the Bengal "qui-his," as they are called, or high and mighty Anglo-Indians.
The slang distinctive name for gentlemen belonging to the Bombay service; the correlative of the Mulls of Madras and the Qui-His of Bengal.
That he had seen service in India was, indeed, probable by his referring to lunch as tiffin, and calling to his parlourmaid with the ejaculation of “Qui-hi.”
Word Forms
- qui-his
- Qui-hye
- Qui-Hye
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