nounranis

• A Hindu queen, either by marriage to a raja or in her own right.

  ‘The rajas, ranis, peshwas and nawabs had their own cohorts, extended to include the mutinous sepoys.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The brothers are now working on a view of the cultural scene in a palace - the raja playing the sitar, the rani dancing.’
  • ‘When her fort was under siege by the British, the rani escaped from the besieged fort in disguise, reminiscent of Shivaji's escape from Aurangzeb's imprisonment.’