Lorraine

[ luh-reyn, law-, loh-; French law-ren ]

noun

1. Also Lor·rain. Claude Claude Gelée, 1600–82, French painter.
2. a medieval kingdom in W Europe along the Moselle, Meuse, and Rhine rivers.
3. a region in NE France, once included in this kingdom: a former province. Compare Alsace-Lorraine.
4. a female given name.

Lorraine

/ lɔrɛn; lɒˈreɪn /

noun

1. 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
2. Kingdom of Lorraine
   an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
3. 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.

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Michael said those messages have given his wife Lorraine a lot of comfort.

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"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.

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Leah’s mother Lorraine said the route is not safe and that the local bus timetable doesn’t work with school start times either.

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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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