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[ rahj ] / rɑdʒ /
noun (often initial capital letter)(in India) rule, especially the British rule prior to 1947. Origin of raj1790–1800; <Hindi rāj<Pali, Prakrit rajja<Sanskrit rājya kingdom, rule Words nearby rajRaisin River, raison d'état, raison d'être, raisonneur, raita, raj, Rajab, rajah, Rajahmundry, RAJAR, rajas Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rajDuring the colonial period the Punjabi Muslims formed the prized martial class for the British Raj. CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’?|Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was like some cryptic English-Chekhovian figure, playing out the last days of his private, imagined Raj. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then a guy named Raj flashed not what was in his pants, but what was in his heart. And the Wiener Is…My Trip to Brooklyn’s Smallest Penis Pageant|Tessa Miller|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST I asked Raj what he found most compelling about his recent visit to Swartland. Drink Like Nelson Mandela: South Africa’s Exciting New Wine|Jordan Salcito|December 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the hedge fund Galleon Group, pursued a Wall Street lifestyle. Charles Gasparino Details Insider-Trading Investigations in New Book, ‘Circle of Friends’|William O’Connor|July 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST The whole British Raj seemed passing away in a single cataclysm. The Story of the Malakand Field Force|Sir Winston S. Churchill Perhaps the Brahmins became aware that any foul play would bring the English raj down upon them. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life|Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey It is known that she fell foul of the raj in some way, and they made her come to this place. Caves of Terror|Talbot Mundy Raj Shiva parried the blow with his forearm, then his big hands moved swiftly and the knife clattered to the floor. Think Yourself to Death|C.H. Thames But if she didn't maintain the dive until the last possible instant, Raj Shiva would get control of the ship and its vital cargo. Think Yourself to Death|C.H. Thames
British Dictionary definitions for raj (1 of 2)
noun(in India) government; rule Word Origin for rajC19: from Hindi, from Sanskrit rājya, from rājati he rules British Dictionary definitions for raj (2 of 2)
nounthe Raj the British government in India before 1947 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |