serai
Americannoun
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serais
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of serai
1600–10; < Turkish seray < Persian sarāy abode, palace; see caravansary
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No doubt most of them would be younger sons or elder sons who had not yet succeeded, but ... "j'y serai," murmured Dorothy.
From The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie
I'll take a room at a native serai in Bombay—for atmosphere—and meet you at the station.
From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Harry Hervey
"Avec ça," he exclaimed, fingering the box, "je serai content pour un an," and he insisted with charming grace, that we should each accept one then and there.
From Servants of the Guns by Jeffery E. Jeffery
In a small lean-to off the stable of the serai, Ahmed fastened the hook he had bought to a short length of rope, and wound this about his body beneath his outer garment.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
We ruined ourselves in Paris—that’s partly accountable for mamma’s solemnity—mais au moins je serai belle!
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
The only works we can find constructed by him, with a view to the advancement of the interests of his subjects, were the merchants' serais, built in each city, and these were self-supporting.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
The most approved permanent camps or "posts" were mud serais flanked by bastions at the alternate angles and overlooking a yard or "kraal."
From Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute by Theo. F. Rodenbough
He rode close beside Sherdil all the way, and when they halted at roadside serais for rest and refreshment, those two ate together and squatted or lay side by side.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
There, serais Fort Warren, where we kept our rebel prisoners during the war.
From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by William Francis Butler
"Je serais chez moi," was now her argument, and for food she could continue to work or beg.
From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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