Definition of Genghis khan

1. Noun. Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227).

Exact synonyms: Jenghiz Khan, Jinghis Khan, Temujin
Generic synonyms: Emperor

Definition of Genghis khan

1. Proper noun. the founder and ruler (khan) of the Mongol Empire ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Genghis khan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great Wall of China by William Edgar Geil (1909)
"CHAPTER XII genghis khan, the Red Raider, who passed through the Great ... Among the mighty Mongol men bloody Temujin, genghis khan, was first but not last. ..."

2. The Treasury of History: Comprising a General Introductory Outline of by Samuel Maunder, John Inman (1845)
"FROM THE TIME OP genghis khan, TO THAT OF TAMERLANE. WHILE the crusaders were fighting in the western part of Asia, the nations of the more easterly part ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The murder of the ambassadors whom genghis khan had sent to the king of ... It had been erected by genghis khan in commemoration of his conquest of the ..."

4. A Fourth Reader by Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks (1910)
"But genghis khan liked sport, as well as work. He was a great hunter, and no sport pleased him better than a day's hunt in the forest. ..."

5. The History of the World: Comprising a General History, Both Ancient and by Samuel Maunder (1852)
"WHILE the crusaders were fighting in the western part of Asia, the nations of the more easterly part were threatened wilh extermination by genghis khan, ..."

6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... which was utterly destroyed by genghis khan in the thirteenth century—and speaks of one of them as a figure of Buddha. The presumption of their Buddhist ..."

7. Famous Cavalry Leaders: Through the Ages with the Heroes of Sabre, Spur, and by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston (1908)
"This was genghis khan, a Mongolian savage, the events of whose life have been ... In the north-central part of Asia, genghis khan was born in the year 1162. ..."

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