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Tamer·lane (tam′ər lān′)

1336?-1405; Mongol warrior whose conquests extended from the Black Sea to the upper Ganges

Etymology: after Timur lenk, Timur the lame

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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