maharajah
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of maharajah
1690–1700; < Hindi mahārājā great king, equivalent to mahā- great + rājā rajah
Example Sentences
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Air India, with its maharajah mascot, was once known for its lavishly decorated planes and stellar service, but its reputation declined in the mid-2000s as financial troubles mounted.
From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023
She attended a number of receptions and spent two days at a hunting lodge of a maharajah and rode an elephant.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022
There is no city plaque on the house designating it a landmark, nor any street named after Peterson, a dazzling, finger-flying pianist and 20th-century musical giant whom Duke Ellington called “the maharajah of the keyboard.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2020
That was at the start of the city’s 2009 Pride parade, in which Mr. Kramer, the honorary grand marshal, was drawn along the route in a flower-bedecked open carriage, looking like a blissed-out maharajah.
From New York Times • May 27, 2020
The maharajah of Kapurthala, visiting that week from India, sat in a makeshift throne on the ballroom stage fanned by three servants.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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