Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Anglo-Indian variation of sice, a groom.
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Examples
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- Plutarch tells us that a statue of Athene (Neith) in Sais bore the inscription: “I am all that has been, is, and will be”.
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The word Sais, Colonel Temple states, [486] is Arabic and signifies a nobleman; it is applied to grooms as an honorific title, in accordance with the common method of address among the lower castes.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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There is at the head of the Egyptian Delta, where the river Nile divides, a city and district called Sais; the city was the birthplace of King Amasis, and is under the protection of the goddess Neith or Athene.
Timaeus 2006
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Sais, and the great city of the district is also called Sais, and is the city from which Amasis the king was sprung.
Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866
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Sais, and the great city of the district is also called Sais, and is the city from which King Amasis came.
Timaeus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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Delta, where the river Nile divides, a city and district called Sais; the city was the birthplace of King Amasis, and is under the protection of the goddess Neith or Athene.
Timaeus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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Her "Sais," performed in 1881, contained many beautiful numbers.
Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson
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"Strike and at once, since we cannot hope to storm Sais, which is far away.
The Ancient Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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The bible of French home cooking, Je Sais Cuisiner, has sold over 6 million copies since it was first published in 1932.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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The bible of French home cooking, Je Sais Cuisiner, has sold over 6 million copies since it was first published in 1932.
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