ranee
Americannoun
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the wife of a rajah.
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a reigning queen or princess.
noun
Etymology
Origin of ranee
1690–1700; < Hindi rānī < Sanskrit rājñī queen (feminine derivative of rājan king)
Example Sentences
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The ranee was Sylvia, Lady Brooke, whose title is H. H. Ranee of Sarawak�a mountainous little Borneo state which her husband's family has ruled for three generations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Programs ranee from field trips for the underprivileged to lessons in offshore engineering for the gifted.
From Time Magazine Archive
They probably looked on with astonishment at the familiar way their leader and the young stranger were conversing with the ranee, so contrary to the customs of the country.
From The Young Rajah by Gruine, W.G.C.
Your brother is an impudent boy," the ranee said, laughing, "and I have a good mind to hand him over to the Nana.
From In Times of Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
On going in, Dick found that his mother and the ranee were both up, and they all sat down to what Dick considered a breakfast, consisting of coffee and a variety of fruit and bread.
From The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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