Examples of “maharaja” in a Sentence

noun A Hindu prince or king of high rank, especially in historical India, ranking above an ordinary raja.

• I speak from a very intimate knowledge of their ways and habits after having spent a very happy twenty years amongst them with friends in every degree, from the Maharaja himself to some of the humblest coolies. — John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan (1909)
• The old fort once belonged to a local maharaja.
• Benny: Hey, T.C., what's a maharaja? Top Cat: What's a what? Benny: A maharaja. Top Cat: Oh, do I look like Daniel Webster? I didn't write no dictionary. — , The Maharajah of Pookajee (1961)