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serai

[suh-rah-ee, suh-rahy] / səˈrɑ i, səˈraɪ /
NOUN
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 MacKenzie, Compton

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 James, Henry

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)

"And you took up your abode in the serai of Gopal Ali by the Moti Bazar."

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

The defenders of the serai were hard pressed.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

The tall, slender lady rode nearer to the gate and looked haughtily in, while the little girl-rider cried out: "Tu y serais!"

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór

Massive archways, ruined forts and serais, placid water-tanks, lovely gardens, feathery toddy-palms, plantain-hedges, and throngs of picturesque people make the approach to historic Delhi a scene long to be remembered.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

These things are usually carried by travellers on camels, or in carts drawn by oxen; taking likewise tents along with them, to use when they do not find serais.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

And he gave Ahmed the names of two or three serais frequented by traders of his nation.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

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




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