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‖ maharanee|mɑːhəˈrɑːniː|
Also maharani.
[Hindī mahārānī, f. mahā great + rānī queen.]
The wife of a maharajah.
1855H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms 318/1 Mahárání,..the principal wife of a Rájá, or a queen in her own right: applied also in courtesy to Hindu ladies of rank, although not of princely dignity. 1862Beveridge Hist. India III. viii. vi. 472 The maharajah was..childless. His wife, the maharanee, was..only twelve years of age. 1924J. Buchan Ld. Minto x. 280 The Maharani sang Scots songs to him from behind the purdah. 1938W. V. Grigson Maria Gonds of Bustar i. 3 The late Chief, Maharani Prafulla Kumari Devi, at her accession in 1924 was the last legitimate survivor of one of the most ancient royal families of southern India. 1971R. Russell tr. Ahmad's Shore & Wave ix. 110 God knows how many maharanis' hearts he had conquered. |