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sultan (iou)



sultan noun. M16.
[French, or medieval Latin sultanus, from Arab. sulan power, ruler.]
The monarch or chief ruler of a Muslim country; spec. (Hist., Sultan) that of Turkey. Formerly also, a prince, a high official. Cf. SOLDAN. M16.
b. An absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant. M17.
Orig. more fully sultan's flower. A plant of the Near East, Centaurea moschata, which is grown for its sweet-scented purple, pink, white, or yellow flowers. Now usu. sweet sultan. M17.
A small white-crested variety of domestic fowl, originally brought from Turkey. M19.
Comb.: sultan pink, sultan red a rich dull pink or red; sultan's flower: see sense 2 above.
sultanate noun a country subject to a sultan; the period of rule of a sultan or sultans; the position or office of sultan: E19.
sulta'nesque adjective characteristic of a sultan M19.
sulta'ness noun (now rare) = SULTANA 1 E17.
sul'tanic adjective of, belonging to, or characteristic of a sultan; despotic, tyrannical: E19.
sultanism noun rule like that of a sultan; absolute government; despotism, tyranny: E19.
sultanry noun (rare) the position or office of sultan E17.
sultanship noun (a) rare the position or office of sultan; (b) (with possess. adjective, as
your sultanship etc.) a mock title of respect given to a despot or tyrant: E17.
sultany noun [Arab. sulani (adjective) imperial, (noun) sultanate] (a) = SULTANIN; (b) = sultanate: E17-M19.