rajah
Americannoun
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a king or prince in India.
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a minor chief or dignitary.
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an honorary title conferred on Hindus in India.
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a title of rulers, princes, or chiefs in Java, Borneo, etc.
noun
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(in India, formerly) a ruler or landlord: sometimes used as a form of address or as a title preceding a name
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a Malayan or Javanese prince or chieftain
Etymology
Origin of rajah
1545–55; < Hindi rājā < Sanskrit rājan; cognate with Latin rēx king
Example Sentences
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It could be a wedding feast, perhaps, thrown by a rajah to celebrate the marriage of one of his sons — some occasion for which no expense would be spared.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
He’s often called the “sultan of sequins, the rajah of rhinestones” and has won numerous Emmy Awards for his designs and been nominated for Academy Awards.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2016
He's often called the "sultan of sequins, the rajah of rhinestones" and has won numerous Emmy Awards for his designs and been nominated for Academy Awards.
From US News ● Apr. 18, 2016
We’d carried him up the stairs like a drunken rajah.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2015
"Of that Rada knows nothing; that the evil gossips say it is the rajah is perhaps a lie."
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
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