rajah
Example Sentences
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It could be a wedding feast, perhaps, thrown by a rajah to celebrate the marriage of one of his sons — some occasion for which no expense would be spared.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
He’s often called the “sultan of sequins, the rajah of rhinestones” and has won numerous Emmy Awards for his designs and been nominated for Academy Awards.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2016
He's often called the "sultan of sequins, the rajah of rhinestones" and has won numerous Emmy Awards for his designs and been nominated for Academy Awards.
From US News ● Apr. 18, 2016
We’d carried him up the stairs like a drunken rajah.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2015
The rajah returns to-morrow from his hunting—what can I say?
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
