Lorraine

[ luh-reyn, law-, loh-; French law-ren ]

/ ləˈreɪn, lɔ-, loʊ-; French lɔˈrɛn /

noun

Also Lor·rain. ClaudeClaude Gelée,1600–82, French painter.

a medieval kingdom in W Europe along the Moselle, Meuse, and Rhine rivers.

a region in NE France, once included in this kingdom: a former province. Compare Alsace-Lorraine.

a female given name.

Example sentences from the Web for lorrain

By her first marriage she had a daughter, who was the wife of Major Lorrain, and the mother of Pierrette.

Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z |Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
But the Lorrain Emperors have not forgotten their old virtue of hospitality.

Odd Bits of History |Henry W. Wolff
The two Lorrain princes attributed the queen-mother's absence to some trick of their niece.

Catherine de' Medici |Honore de Balzac
There was a tradition—with a very obvious object—at Paris in favour of Lorrain marriages.

Odd Bits of History |Henry W. Wolff

The Spaniards needed the Lorrain troops badly, and so submitted for the time—but they had their revenge.

Odd Bits of History |Henry W. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for lorrain (1 of 2)

Lorrain

/ (French lɔrɛ̃) /

noun

See Claude Lorrain

British Dictionary definitions for lorrain (2 of 2)

Lorraine

/ (lɒˈreɪn, French lɔrɛn) /

noun

a region and former province of E France; ceded to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war and regained by France in 1919; rich iron-ore deposits German name: Lothringen

Kingdom of Lorraine an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy

a former duchy in E France, once the S half of this kingdom

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Lorraine

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