raja

noun

Definition of rajanext
as in prince

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Recent Examples of raja The crunchy encasing pairs perfectly with the melty cheese and various fillings inside, including cheese, tinga, potato and chorizo, and raja (strips of peppers and onions). — Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026 Only the wealthiest resided in the inner city, made up the raja’s court, and decided the fate of the kingdom’s people—yet never ventured outside the sixty-foot-tall iron gate to mingle or empathize. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raja
  1. prince
  2. baron
  3. nawab
  4. duke
  5. earl
  6. sheikh
  7. baronet
  8. marquess
Noun
  • The two estranged princes – now fathers and husbands – have only seen one another a handful of times in the last four years.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • During his stay from July 7 to 11, the prince will carry out a series of charity engagements, and kick off the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026
Definition of prince
Noun
  • By the 1910s, the Standard Oil baron had become the country’s first billionaire.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • Action sweeps from America’s railroad barons to Vienna’s stock market crash.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026
Definition of baron
Noun
  • The manuscript was acquired by Asaf-ud-Daula, nawab of Awadh, and was presented to King George III in 1798.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The lights dim, and a hush falls over the crowd, as the last nawab of Oudh strides onto the stage at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Theater.
    — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of nawab
Noun
  • The duke returned to his home country Monday, July 6, but has spent much of this week alone, after his plans to bring wife Meghan, 44, and their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, to London were canceled amid a falling out over security.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The play features Richard, duke of Gloucester, who wants to ascend the throne at any cost and isn’t afraid to kill to do so.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of duke
Noun
  • In the book, Benedict falls for Sophie Beckett, the daughter of an earl who’s been hidden away from the Ton and forced to work as a housemaid by her spiteful stepmother.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
  • With James' support, George became an earl, a marquess and ultimately a duke (a rarity for nonroyals).
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Definition of earl
Noun
  • The show revolves around a young man whose life spirals into terrifying events after receiving a mysterious book from an enigmatic sheikh according to promotional materials.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 May 2026
  • The nearly $3 trillion UAE sovereign-wealth fund, of which more than half is controlled by the spy sheikh, offers an immense pot of money for venture capital.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2026
Definition of sheikh
Noun
  • Connie is married to a baronet, Clifford, who has been made impotent by a war wound, and Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford’s estate, Wragby.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The baronet wanders around his castle numb on heroin, reeling from his spectacular flameout as CEO of Lumi and the recent loss of his seat in Parliament.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of baronet
Noun
  • The marquess, however, decided not to buy the painting, which belongs to a private collection and, before now, has only ever been on public display once.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The agreement with the marquess allows Kays to take up to 25,000 tons of granite off the island by 2050.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of marquess

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