maharanee
Americannoun
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(formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
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(formerly) an Indian princess who was sovereign in her own right.
Etymology
Origin of maharanee
1850–55; < Hindi mahārānī great queen, equivalent to mahā- great + rānī ranee
Example Sentences
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Now the future had to be planned, for up to this point the maharanee had acted blindly and impulsively—just swiftly—the moment she had realized the supreme danger for her son.
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When I am maharanee there shall be a new system of protecting desert roads!
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It was the maharanee who devised the bold stroke which involved undoubted danger yet promised the best chance of success.
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Would you have the English know that I was hailed as maharanee through the streets?
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"When I am maharanee," said Yasmini, "Tom Tripe shall have the title of sirdar, whether the English approve of it or not!"
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