raja

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Recent Examples of raja The debate over the sabda raja, as the sultan’s proclamations are known, has exposed fault lines within an otherwise sleepy university town and has led to citywide soul-searching about what the future holds for fast-developing Yogyakarta. Jon Emont, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2015 This was the beginning of her lifelong love affair with horses, which led her to work as a groom for an Indian raja, or prince, to excel as a competitive horsewoman and to teach innumerable students the joy of riding. Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2018
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Noun
  • The mayor added that having the prince visit was a boost to the area.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Abdulaziz was sentenced to five years in prison—a severe punishment for a prince.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The oldest in the region is the Half Way House in Chesterfield, of course, which has been serving Founding Fathers, Civil War generals and at least one French marquis since 1760.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Queen Charlotte presents Francesca with a marquis from Vienna.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
Noun
  • Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners — move in for the kill.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
  • This, of course, means that absolutely everyone from rival cattle barons to desert gangsters and even billionaire miners will look to take advantage.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The Oudh descendants in Kolkata, where the nawab died in exile, had also rejected their claim.
    Ellen Barry, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019
  • In 1757, the East India Company commander Robert Clive defeated Bengal’s local ruler, or nawab, in battle and consolidated the company’s power in the province.
    Maya Jasanoff, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2019
Noun
  • Oh — and the duke is disinvited from the queen’s jubilee celebrations.
    Jack King, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Under the Farnese dukes, the city became wealthy and powerful.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With James' support, George became an earl, a marquess and ultimately a duke (a rarity for nonroyals).
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Klimek: Moving into the 20th century, Tony cited the story of an English earl named Lord Carnarvon.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • One sheikh recently signed a deal to lease a vast swatch of Tanzania’s forests – totaling 8% of the country’s land – for a carbon offset business.
    Kizito Makoye, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Mubarak tried to bring mosques and sheikhs in hand by requiring them to obtain licenses issued by the state.
    Geneive Abdo, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2020
Noun
  • And with Crimson Peak, del Toro swings for the fences, with big gestures from English baronet Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleson) to prove his love for American heiress Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), a big decaying mansion, and big ghost energy.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
  • For one, Lady Valerie Meux, a banjo-playing music hall singer who married a British baronet, became a social sensation and quirky philanthropist, and was known to drive around London in a carriage pulled by a pair of zebras.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024

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“Raja.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raja. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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