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.
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You are the traitor who carried off the young ranee.
From The Young Rajah by W.G.C. Gruine
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
With the dignity of a ranee of the olden days she moved up the steps of the family mansion and entered her house.
From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny
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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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