sultan
noun
- a Muslim ruler
- the former monarch of Turkey
See sultan in American Heritage Dictionary 4
sul·tan
noun- A ruler of a Muslim country, especially of the former Ottoman Empire.
- A powerful person: a sultan of vice and corruption.
Origin: French, from Old French, ruler of Turkey, from Turkish, from Arabic sulṭān, from Aramaic šulṭānā, ruler, from šəlaṭ, to rule; see šlṭ in Semitic roots.
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