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)
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Programs ranee from field trips for the underprivileged to lessons in offshore engineering for the gifted.
From Time Magazine Archive
They spent but a short time in discussing these; after which, the elephant kneeling down, the ranee took her seat in the howdah, urgently begging Reginald to accompany her.
From The Young Rajah by W.G.C. Gruine
She liked the ranee very much also, and the absence of all state and ceremony, in the household of the Rajah, was to her delightful.
From The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The old ranee sat on a low-cushioned seat, and there were a lot of other ladies with her—all in trousers and veils, and sparkling with tinsel and gold and jewels.
From The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. (Edith) Nesbit
On going in, Dick found that his mother and the ranee were both up, and they all sat down to what Dick considered a breakfast, consisting of coffee and a variety of fruit and bread.
From The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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