"princely state" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "princely states",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a political state, in the widest sense, which is ruled as or like a principality in the generic sense, regardless of the ruler's actual title and rank."
      ],
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        [
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          "state"
        ],
        [
          "principality",
          "principality"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Indian English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pakistani English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a political state, in the widest sense, which is ruled as or like a principality in the generic sense, regardless of the ruler's actual title and rank.",
        "a vassal state under the indirect rule of the British Raj, which is governed by an Indian ruler"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "principality",
          "principality"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "vassal state",
          "vassal state"
        ],
        [
          "indirect",
          "indirect"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "British Raj",
          "British Raj"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "more specifically",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a political state, in the widest sense, which is ruled as or like a principality in the generic sense, regardless of the ruler's actual title and rank.",
        "(more specifically, historical, India, Pakistan) a vassal state under the indirect rule of the British Raj, which is governed by an Indian ruler"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "Pakistan",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "princely state"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "princely states",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "princely state (plural princely states)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a political state, in the widest sense, which is ruled as or like a principality in the generic sense, regardless of the ruler's actual title and rank."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "principality",
          "principality"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "Indian English",
        "Pakistani English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a political state, in the widest sense, which is ruled as or like a principality in the generic sense, regardless of the ruler's actual title and rank.",
        "a vassal state under the indirect rule of the British Raj, which is governed by an Indian ruler"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "principality",
          "principality"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "vassal state",
          "vassal state"
        ],
        [
          "indirect",
          "indirect"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "British Raj",
          "British Raj"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "more specifically",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a political state, in the widest sense, which is ruled as or like a principality in the generic sense, regardless of the ruler's actual title and rank.",
        "(more specifically, historical, India, Pakistan) a vassal state under the indirect rule of the British Raj, which is governed by an Indian ruler"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "Pakistan",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "princely state"
}