Word Meanings - REGENTDIAMOND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also called the Pitt diamond), who bought it of an Indian merchant in 1701.

• Governor general
  A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
• Stated
  of State
• Statesmen
  of Statesman
• CALLISTHENICCALLISTHENICS
  See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
• Callithump
  A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
• Diamond-shaped
  Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
• English
  Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
• Governorship
  The office of a governor.
• Statecraft
  The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
• Statesman
  A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.
• DIAMONDANNIVERSARYDIAMONDJUBILEE
  One celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the thing commemorated.
• Callithumpian
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.
• Englished
  of English
• Indian
  Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
• Statedly
  At stated times; regularly.
• Statesmanlike
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• DIAMONDBACK
  The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).

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