Sultan definition

sŭltən
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A ruler of a Muslim country, especially of the former Ottoman Empire.
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A powerful person.

A sultan of vice and corruption.

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A Muslim ruler.
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The former monarch of Turkey.
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Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph.
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A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
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(card games) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
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A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)
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Singular:
sultan
Plural:
sultans

Origin of sultan

  • French from Old French ruler of Turkey from Turkish from Arabic sulṭān from Aramaic šulṭānā ruler from šəlaṭ to rule šlṭ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French sultan, from Turkish sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَانٌ (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (Å¡ulṭānā, “strength, authority") (compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón)). Compare soldan.

    From Wiktionary

Sultan Sentence Examples

  • The whole district is the private property of the sultan of Turkey.

  • The sultan sent him back to the Christian camp, and he passed on to the Holy Land.

  • In 1421 the sultan died.

  • He accompanied his uncle Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz on his visit to England and France in 1867.

  • So also did the " Midhat Constitution " promulgated by Abd-ul-Hamid almost immediately after his accession to the throne, owing largely to the reactionary spirit at that time of the' Ulema and of the sultan's immediate advisers, but almost, if not quite, in equal measure to the scornful reception of the Constitution by the European powers.

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