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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Programs ranee from field trips for the underprivileged to lessons in offshore engineering for the gifted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Wouldn't you like to be a ranee, Allegro?
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
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 Gruine, W.G.C.
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 Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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