maharani
Britishnoun
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the wife of a maharajah
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a woman holding the rank of maharajah
Etymology
Origin of maharani
C19: from Hindi, from mahā great + rani
Example Sentences
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The maharajah stopped buying after the maharani suddenly died in 1937 at age 22.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2019
Photos of the Manik Bagh interiors are juxtaposed to pictures of the maharani holding court in their traditionally decorated official palace, the women all dressed in saris.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2019
The party's venerable founder is Chakravatri Rajagopalachari, first native-born Governor General of India, who lyrically describes the maharani as "a combination of Sita, Lakshmi and the Rani of Jhansi."
From Time Magazine Archive
"I couldn't resist," explained the maharani, former Model Gina Egan, because it was her old friend Paddy's birthday and he was throwing a blast for himself at his pub, The Star, in London's Belgravia Mews.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then in the morning we had new cloths from Ammu as a back-present Rahel was a maharani and I was Little Nehru.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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