Sultan
['sʌlt(ə)n] or ['sʌltən]
Definition
(noun.) the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
Edited by Alison--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.
Typist: Lucas
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Padishah, grand-seignior, Turkish emperor.
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Definition
n. a Mohammedan sovereign esp. the supreme head of the Ottoman empire: a purple or hyacinthine gallinule or porphyrio: a small white variety of the domestic hen:—fem. Sultana (sul-t?prime;na) the mother a wife or a daughter of a sultan—also Sul′taness.—ns. Sultana (sul-t?prime;na) a king's mistress: a kind of viol: an old form of necklace: a small kind of raisin; Sul′tanate the authority or jurisdiction of a sultan.—adj: Sultan′ic.—n. Sul′tanship.
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Examples
- Everybody got out of the way; everybody bowed to the Emperor and his friend the Sultan; and they went by on a swinging trot and disappeared. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Christians lost Jerusalem again in 1244; it was taken from them very easily by the Sultan of Egypt when they attempted an intrigue against him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Kislar Aga brings a letter from the Sultan. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Even then--in the palace of the Sultan himself--the three guardian priests still kept their watch in secret. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They went thus far north because the Sultan of Egypt was raiding the Ilkhan domains at this time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He induced the Sultan to commence the reorganization of the Turkish Army upon German lines and under German officers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Newspapers are not popular with the Sultan's Government. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Habsburg empire of Charles V paid the Sultan tribute. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- ABDUL-AZIZ, Sultan of Turkey, Lord of the Ottoman Empire! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In Egypt, the last Abbasid Caliph was living under the protection of the Mameluke Sultan--for the Fatimite caliphate was a thing of the past. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They say the Sultan has eight hundred wives. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But my eye, I'd caught a Sultan that time--' Gudrun's eyes were flashing, her cheek was hot, she looked strange, exotic, satiric. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We took off our shoes and went into the marble mausoleum of the Sultan Mahmoud, the neatest piece of architecture, inside, that I have seen lately. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Noteworthy among the contributors were the Emperor of Brazil, the Czar of Russia, the Sultan of Turkey, and the peasants of Alsace. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As for the Sultan, one could set a trap any where and catch a dozen abler men in a night. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The relations between the Ottoman Sultans and the Emperors has been singular in the annals of Moslem and Christian states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Allison