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Definition of Sultan

1. Noun. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).

Definition of Sultan

1. n. A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.

Definition of Sultan

1. Noun. Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph. ¹

2. Noun. 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. ¹

3. Noun. A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards. ¹

4. Noun. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: (w sultan (chicken)) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sultan

1. the ruler of a Muslim country [n -S] : SULTANIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sultan

Literary usage of Sultan

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

1. The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 by Kenneth M. Setton (1978)
"Their slogan was sultan Bayazid and e pay. Bayazid rewarded their loyalty by cial gift of money, which subsequently le an expensive custom at the accession ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Incursions were immediately made by the Ottoman sultan into the territory of Egyptian ... An endeavour was made by the Egyptian sultan to relieve Damascus, ..."

3. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1868)
"Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden on the one part, and the sultan of Morocco on the other part, concerning the ..."

4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Parish Register Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"One day the sultan told Abu-Nowas that his wife said a smell went up from her during the night. Abu-Nowas yekun fi maksab ..."

5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Incursions were immediately made by the Ottoman sultan into the territory of Egyptian ... An endeavour was made by the Egyptian sultan to relieve Damascus, ..."

6. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"The sultan did wrongly when he submitted to receive a foreign Ambassador without the advice or knowledge of his Ministers, and the Grand Vizier had the ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"TUE sultan IN EGYPT. AFTER one of those great diplomatic struggles which modern historians love to chronicle, the sultan has acted on ..."

8. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1876)
"On this sultan Malik ul Salih came up with the dog, which he found on an eminence affording space for a palace, and suitable in every way to all appearances ..."

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