maharaja

[ UK /mˌæhɐɹˈɑːd‍ʒɐ/ ]
[ US /ˌmɑhɝˈɑˌʒə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja
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  • Lowering his spear-point the Maharajah bent forward in the saddle; but at the last moment the pig "jinked," that is, turned sharply at right angles to his former course, and bounded away untouched, while the baffled sportsman was carried on helplessly by his excited horse. The Jungle Girl
  • In March 1842, Mr Clerk of the Ludhiana political agency had led a diplomatic mission to Amritsar to condole with Maharaja Sher Singh on the death of his predecessor and congratulate him upon his accession.
  • Getty Images The dinner hosted by the Maharaja and Maharani of Patiala at the Moti Bagh Palace for Prince Charles, prince of Wales, second right, and Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall in Patiala, India, Monday. Prince Charles' Visit to India
  • Walker has parlayed a Bill Clinton appointment as Comptroller General into a lifetime career as a benefit-cut advocate, a career that not only pays well but provides enough over-the-top media flattery to embarrass a Maharajah. Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Ministry of Truth: New Fronts in the War on Social Security
  • He has published many papers on maharajas and nawabs of India.
  • Maharajahs, elephants, dusty plains, imposing mountains, teeming bazaars… and loyal Indian jemadars and subedars who made sturdy and trusty subordinates.
  • Two years later he gained admission to Maharaja's College, Mysore, where he wrote his first short stories.
  • Recently restored by business man Suresh -- a Ben Kingsley lookalike -- and his wife, a descendant of the maharajah, the Chittoor Palace is run as an exclusive guesthouse for the likes of honeymooners, who can stay in the sumptuous rooms of the royals and enjoy the idyllic surroundings and traditional entertainment such as Kathakali, a dance-drama form where every action, even the tiniest eye movement, has significance. Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • She dropped suddenly from the vast, smooth-swelling miles of wheatland into the tortured marvels of the Bad Lands, and the road twisted in the shadow of flying buttresses and the terraced tombs of maharajas. Free Air
  • The memorial was built during the reign of Maharaja Kirt Shah in 1897.
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