Matilda vs Rah - What's the difference?
matilda | rah |
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* : III: iii: 13:
* 1844 George Payne Rainsford James, Rose D'Albret, Or, Troublous Times, a Romance , Harper [1844) page 20:
* 1990 , Friend of My Youth .Stories, ISBN 0679729577, page 187:
(UK, army, historical) Either of two British infantry tanks in use during World War II, the Infantry Tank Mark I' or ' Infantry Tank Mark II .
As nouns the difference between matilda and rah
is that matilda is (australia) a bundle of possessions, often tied up in a sack; a swag while rah is (british) a person (especially a student) with a posh accent who looks down on those who are 'common'.As an interjection rah is
an exclamation of encouragement.As an adjective rah is
(british) posh.matilda
English
Alternative forms
* MathildaProper noun
(en proper noun)- But wondrously begotten, and begonne / By false illusion of a guilefull Spright, / On a faire Ladie Nonne, that whilome hight / Matilda , daughter to Pubidius,
- Countess of Laussitz - Matilda', too, by the mark! A good name, a marvellous good name, is not, Algernon? Musical, pretty, soft, smoothing, loveable. - - - many a fair prospect is spoiled by the mistake in the name. Call ' Matilda Joan, or Louisa Deborah, and you are ruined forever!
- At one time Joan invented other names for her. 'Matilda'' brought to mind dingy curtains, gray tent flaps, a slack-skinned old woman. How about Sharon? Lilliane? Elizabeth? Then, Joan didn't know how, the name ' Matilda became transformed. It started shining like silver. The "il" in it was silver. But not metallic. In Joan's mind the name gleamed now like a fold of satin.