SALADIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)

Synonyms:

Saladin; Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

grand Turk; sultan (the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire))

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