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

/ lɒˈreɪn; lɔrɛn /

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
   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

Pilots are some of the restaurant’s best customers, says Mariano, who works as a server at Lorraine’s.

From Washington Post

Ed described himself as a demonologist, while Lorraine, who is 87, calls herself a trance medium.

From The Daily Beast

That while Lena Younger may not have seen herself as revolutionary, Lorraine Hansberry certainly did.

From The Daily Beast

Kate Mulgrew and Lorraine Toussaint tell the behind-the-scenes story about how they nailed the brilliant scene.

From The Daily Beast

Seeing Kate Mulgrew and Lorraine Toussaint go head-to-head, two scenery-chewing forces of nature, is a real pleasure to watch.

From The Daily Beast

Lorraine Toussaint explains the psyche behind Vee, the Orange Is the New Black character we love to hate.

From The Daily Beast

The Duke found no difficulty in awakening the wishes, which were necessary to his scheme, in the mind of young Lorraine.

From Project Gutenberg

Here again we have the landscape of Lorraine and the eternal and infinitely varied theme of rural labour.

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Warton calmly observes: 'there is not a syllable of these songs and singers of Lorraine in the French.'

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To the Duke of Lorraine this arrangement would have been beneficial, and to the people of Lorraine more beneficial still.

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The majority of the nobles of the kingdom see plainly what the Cardinal de Lorraine and his brother are seeking.

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