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Lorraine
[ luh-reyn, law-, loh-; French law-ren ]
noun
- Also Lor·rain. Claude Claude Gelée, 1600–82, French painter.
- a medieval kingdom in W Europe along the Moselle, Meuse, and Rhine rivers.
- a region in NE France, once included in this kingdom: a former province. Compare Alsace-Lorraine.
- a female given name.
Lorraine
/ lɔrɛn; lɒˈreɪn /
noun
- a region and former province of E France; ceded to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war and regained by France in 1919; rich iron-ore deposits German nameLothringen
- Kingdom of Lorrainean early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
- a former duchy in E France, once the S half of this kingdom
Example Sentences
In a five-minute hearing, Lorraine Harris, the area coroner for Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, said the cause of his death was a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Michael said those messages have given his wife Lorraine a lot of comfort.
"Bully is a big word and there's a difference between being a bully and caring about what you do," he told ITV's Lorraine on Tuesday.
Leah’s mother Lorraine said the route is not safe and that the local bus timetable doesn’t work with school start times either.
She also does interviews with Channel 4 News and ITV's Lorraine later in the week, describing her Strictly training room as "a toxic environment".
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