rajah
Example Sentences
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It could be a wedding feast, perhaps, thrown by a rajah to celebrate the marriage of one of his sons — some occasion for which no expense would be spared.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
He’s often called the “sultan of sequins, the rajah of rhinestones” and has won numerous Emmy Awards for his designs and been nominated for Academy Awards.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2016
He's often called the "sultan of sequins, the rajah of rhinestones" and has won numerous Emmy Awards for his designs and been nominated for Academy Awards.
From US News ● Apr. 18, 2016
A rajah gives his daughter to a warrior as a reward for bravery.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2012
Like the Malays, they call the heir of a rajah the Rajah-muda; the nephew of a sultan uses the epithet Paduca; the son of a sultan calls himself Majarasin, the pure or mighty.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer
