ranee
Americannoun
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the wife of a rajah.
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a reigning queen or princess.
noun
Etymology
Origin of ranee
1690–1700; < Hindi rānī < Sanskrit rājñī queen (feminine derivative of rājan king)
Example Sentences
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The ranee was Sylvia, Lady Brooke, whose title is H. H. Ranee of Sarawak�a mountainous little Borneo state which her husband's family has ruled for three generations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Programs ranee from field trips for the underprivileged to lessons in offshore engineering for the gifted.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next to the ranee walked an old woman, who had probably been her nurse, and was now her confidante and adviser.
From In Times of Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The ranee, no longer looked upon as a chief personage, sat concealed in a howdah on the back of an elephant towards the rear of the procession.
From The Young Rajah by Gruine, W.G.C.
At the same time, he felt sure that Captain Hawkesford would give a false colouring to what had occurred, and would try to make her jealous of the ranee and suspicious of his conduct.
From The Young Rajah by Gruine, W.G.C.
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