Bengalee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Bengalee Magazine, devoted to the interests of Indian ladies, its editorials all from woman's pen, shows Asiatic advance.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
He was as eloquent as any Bengalee, and he possessed in a high degree the art of managing men.
From Indian Unrest by Sir Valentine Chirol
Had I discoursed to her in Bengalee she would have comprehended me no more imperfectly.
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Marion Harland
In Debendra the Babu paints successfully the "young Bengalee" of the present day, corrupted rather than elevated by his educational enlightenment.
From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Miriam S. Knight
A Bengalee gentleman enjoys ordinary hotel fare with apparently none to interfere with his liberties.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
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