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
It is the man-eater who was taken from Kohima by the rajah, and is now back; he has cunning, for a spirit goes with him, sahib.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
