Chosen
['tʃəʊzn] or ['tʃozn]
Definition
(noun.) an exclusive group of people; 'one of the elect who have power inside the government'.
(noun.) the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945).
(noun.) one who is the object of choice; who is given preference; 'she was Mama's chosen'.
Edited by Bonita--From WordNet
Definition
(p. p.) of Choose
(p. p.) Selected from a number; picked out; choice.
(n.) One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor.
Inputed by Carter
Examples
- That she had chosen to move away from him in this moment of her trouble made everything harder to say, but he must absolutely go on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the mean time Ryland had been chosen Protector. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- What a wrong, to cut off the girl from the family protection and inheritance only because she had chosen a man who was poor! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Carriages and horses were provided for all; captains and under officers chosen, and the whole assemblage wisely organized. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Whether truth--be it religious or moral truth--speak eloquently and in well-chosen language or not, its voice should be heard with reverence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But the law insists on your smoking your cigar, sir, when you have once chosen it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The judges chosen were Mr. Oliver and an able lawyer: both coincided in my opinion: I carried my point. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Whoever Colonel Campbell might employ, said Frank Churchill, with a smile at Emma, the person has not chosen ill. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Already the knowledge that Dorothea had chosen Mr. Casaubon had bruised his attachment and relaxed its hold. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I had chosen night time for our journey to London, that the change and desolation of the country might be the less observable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Even what she read and said seemed to us to be ill-chosen for such auditors, if it had been imparted ever so modestly and with ever so much tact. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Pickwick, with his usual foresight and sagacity, had chosen a peculiarly desirable moment for his visit to the borough. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A new Lord Protector of England was to be chosen; and, at Raymond's request, we removed to London, to witness, and even take a part in the election. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I show him, in the way you have seen, to a chosen few. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Checker: Norris