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单词 raj
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rajn.

Brit. /rɑːdʒ/, /rɑːʒ/, U.S. /rɑdʒ/
Forms: 1700s–1800s raje, 1800s– raj. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi rāj.
Etymology: < Hindi rāj state, government < Sanskrit rājya kingship, realm, state < the same base as rājan king (see raja n.1).
1. A kingdom; rule, government; (also) a regime. Cf. panchayat raj n. at panchayat n. Compounds 2.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler
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worldricheeOE
kindomeOE
kinrikeOE
kingriklOE
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kine-landc1275
kine-thedec1275
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realmc1300
kingdoma1325
kinglanda1325
regionc1330
ligeancec1380
regneec1380
realtya1387
royalme1389
kingheada1393
regalty?a1400
rialmec1400
monarchy?a1425
rialtya1425
regaly?a1439
regality1486
richdom?1505
state1539
kingdomshipa1549
sceptre-rule1611
royalty1638
kingship1700
raj1781
1781 W. Popham Let. 19 Oct. in App. to India Courier Extraordinary (1786) I. 106 Some proposals..are too unreasonable to deserve attention, being nearly demands of a continuance in the Raje.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 261/2 An account of the revenues of this raje, and a chart of the country.
1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 58 A very faint sample of what must have universally happened had any new ‘Raj’ been established.
1996 R. Mistry Fine Balance (1997) xi. 410 ‘Where do these rascal politicians get the money?’ ‘Black money, what else—from businessmen needing favours. That's how the whole licence-permit-quota raj works.’
2004 National Rev. (New Delhi) Nov. 54/2 The six years of the Vajpayee raj when Advani played a key role in shaping India's destiny.
2. spec. In full British Raj. Direct rule in India by the British (1858–1947); this period of dominion. Often with the. Also in extended use: any system of government in which power is restricted to a particular group.The British Raj was instituted in 1858, when, as a consequence of the Indian Rebellion of the previous year, the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria (proclaimed Empress of India in 1876). In 1947 the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two sovereign dominion states, the Union of India (later the Republic of India) and the Dominion of Pakistan (later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh) (cf. partition n. 7c).
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society > authority > rule or government > [noun]
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governaila1382
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hierarchy1390
regimenta1393
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domination1490
moderation1526
governancy1540
ditiona1552
ruledom1553
rectory1572
sway1586
diocese1596
raj1857
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > specific regimes > [noun] > British in India
raj1857
1857 Times 3 Aug. 5/6 We have just seen a translation of one of the most infamous articles against the British Raj, which we have seen published.
1879 Times 8 Dec. 9/3 The downfall of the British raj was only a matter of time.
1908 Daily Chron. 21 June 4/4 The Indian agitators who represent the British raj as the author of the plague.
1940 Times 10 July 3/6 The Congress demand for a National Government so-called really meant a Congress ‘Raj’.
1969 R. Millar Kut xv. 288 Sir Stanley Maude had taken command in Mesopotamia, displacing the raj of antique Indian Army commanders.
1971 Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 4/2 Though it appears paradoxical, in the last days of the Raj, the British were the only people who wished to keep India united.
1987 N. Sibal Yatra I. 6 Paramjit had written to her saying that the British were pulling out of India and that the Raj was coming to an end.
2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 June 17 I've yet to hear him address the democratic deficit which subjugates the English to rule by a Scottish Raj.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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