Scheherazade
Americannoun
-
(inThe Arabian Nights' Entertainments ) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.
-
(italics) a symphonic suite (1888) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The painstaking animation and tracking process involved months of additional rehearsal and shooting with dancer Carol Haney, the live model for Scheherazade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Barth said he felt like Scheherazade in “The Thousand and One Nights,” desperately trying to survive by creating literature.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
The Scheherazade Foundation, which facilitated the return of the lock of hair, said it had originally been in the possession of Captain Speedy.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
A yarn about a scholar and a djinn serves as a proscenium for tales from many sources, from Scheherazade to the TV news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
So even though it is my name, I don’t think of myself as Flight Officer Beaufort-Stuart, either, any more than I am Scheherazade, the other name he’s given me.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
