maharajah
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The 41-year-old singer, who is the only Punjabi musician to perform at Coachella, walked the red carpet dressed like an early 20th Century maharajah.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
Air India, with its maharajah mascot, was once known for its lavishly decorated planes and stellar service, but its reputation declined in the mid-2000s as financial troubles mounted.
From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023
There is no city plaque on the house designating it a landmark, nor any street named after Peterson, a dazzling, finger-flying pianist and 20th-century musical giant whom Duke Ellington called “the maharajah of the keyboard.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2020
The maharajah stopped buying after the maharani suddenly died in 1937 at age 22.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2019
The maharajah of Kapurthala, visiting that week from India, sat in a makeshift throne on the ballroom stage fanned by three servants.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.