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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With the dignity of a ranee of the olden days she moved up the steps of the family mansion and entered her house.
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It was while in heaven that he selected M�y�, a ranee, to be his mother.
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“Had the ranee, whom I had undertaken to conduct to her grandfather, been injured, the case would have been very different,” he observed.
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The ranee and the boys will be able to correct your first awkwardness, and to teach you much.
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Wouldn't you like to be a ranee, Allegro?
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