serai
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of serai
1600–10; < Turkish seray < Persian sarāy abode, palace; see caravansary
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This serai he resolved to attack with his infantry, the guns covering the flanks, and the 9th Lancers and Guides to support the line.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
It is simply, excellent one, that while I am absent fighting the English, thou wilt set a guard over the little serai where we dwell.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
Our next halt, which we reached in the middle of the morning, was a serai standing by itself on a low ridge.
From A Kut Prisoner by Bishop, H. C. W.
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 MacKenzie, Compton
Her words, so simply and directly spoken, caught at Archie's imagination—"Hélas! je ne serai plus fille!"
From Beggars on Horseback by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
Beyond the walls, the suburbs formerly extended four coss to the north, but are now all in ruins, except a few tombs, mosques, and goodly serais, in which no persons now dwell.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert
Then pointing to the grave, he said: "When I lie there—Je serais sans souci!"
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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 Boulger, Demetrius Charles
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 Butler, William Francis
"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 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
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