SULTAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)

Synonyms:

grand Turk; sultan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sultan" is a kind of...):

ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)

Instance hyponyms:

Saladin; Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub (sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193))

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