khedive

noun

Definition of khedivenext
as in sultan

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  1. sultan
  2. prince
  3. emperor
  4. emir
  5. shah
  6. satrap
  7. amir
  8. king
Noun
  • The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Putin refers to this region—a vast expanse of steppe and the coastline that the tsars wrested from the Ottoman sultans in the eighteenth century—by the name Novorossiya, or New Russia.
    Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
Definition of sultan
Noun
  • Once the crown prince of Rome, he was forced to flee at age 12 for his safety, and is now a humble farmer in Numidia, North Africa.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • One of the great things about the prince is really manages to put people at ease very quickly.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of prince
Noun
  • Mughal emperor Shah Jahan contracted a marvel of architectural precision built in memory of one of his wives, Mumtaz Mahal, after her death.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The feathered headdress once worn by Aztec emperor Moctezuma II resides in Vienna.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of emperor
Noun
  • The country’s late emir then annulled that parliament again and held an election for a new parliament, which now has been annulled with Thursday’s decision.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Even as Tamim, the Qatari emir, criticized Israel for the civilian death toll of its war in Gaza, Qatari officials worked closely with the CIA and the Israeli Mossad to negotiate a release of Israeli hostages from Hamas.
    Yoel Guzansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
Definition of emir
Noun
  • Khamenei on Saturday met with university students to mark Students Day, which commemorates a Nov. 4, 1978, incident in which Iranian soldiers opened fire on students protesting the rule of the shah at Tehran University.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The shooting killed and wounded several students and further escalated the tensions consuming Iran at the time that eventually led to the shah fleeing the country and the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of shah
Noun
  • By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.
    Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
  • The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Definition of satrap
Noun
  • His successor, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada, whose son became a suicide bomber, is an austere cleric who has adopted the reclusive mystique of the original amir.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The amir of Kabul bought bicycles for his entire harem.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 17 June 2020
Definition of amir
Noun
  • Back at Lallybroch, Claire and Jamie maneuver the shocked reactions of his family as Claire calmly shares her intel on how this upcoming revolution will result in the rich being persecuted and the king and queen being beheaded.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • That year was in the middle of the Interregnum, a period when Britain was a republic without a king.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of king
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