serai
Americannoun
plural
seraisnoun
Etymology
Origin of serai
1600–10; < Turkish seray < Persian sarāy abode, palace; caravansary
Example Sentences
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And next day, in the serai where he had put up in Peshawar, Ahmed learnt from Sherdil that his name stood thirty-second on the list of candidates for the Guides.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
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
LouvrePage 30 Morning at the Tuileries Gardens106 "Pro Patria"140 "Ce soir, � la Porte St. Martin."—"J'y serai."
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
"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, Jeffery E.
He took his wares back to the serai, and then set off to the Calcutta gate to see what might be seen.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
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