Sultan Definition

sŭltən
sultans
noun
sultans
A Muslim ruler.
Webster's New World
The former monarch of Turkey.
Webster's New World
A powerful person.
A sultan of vice and corruption.
American Heritage

Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph.

Wiktionary

(card games) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.

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Other Word Forms of Sultan

Noun

Singular:
sultan
Plural:
sultans

Origin of Sultan

  • 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

  • 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

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.

  • Eventually he renounced his allegiance to the sultan, but was overthrown by a Turkish army in 1822.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUL

Words Ending With

NANTAN

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Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With N