khan

noun

Definition of khannext
as in amir

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Recent Examples of khan Timur modeled his state on that of Genghis Khan and even married one of his descendants to strengthen his association with the great khan. — Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 The Nizari imams claim direct descent from the Prophet Mohammed; it has been rumored that the current khan’s personal fortune is $13.3 billion. — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 William does not explain Batu’s decision, but presumably Batu, as a regional leader, handled all domestic matters related to his own jurisdiction but had to refer matters of international diplomacy to the great khan. — Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 Her tribe also elected her as its khan, its leader, after her father died. — Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024 As Russia, under the rule of the Mongol khans, missed the European Renaissance, so, too, had Putin missed the romantic period of perestroika. — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for khan
  1. amir
  2. shah
  3. sultan
  4. prince
  5. emperor
  6. king
  7. princess
  8. emir
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
  • Yet two decades later, the shah once again ruled as an absolute monarch, parliament had become a rubber stamp, and the new constitution was largely ignored.
    — Haleh Esfandiari, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
  • During the Iranian Revolution of 1979, strikes carried out by oil and transportation workers were essential to paralyzing the shah’s regime.
    — Eric S. Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Definition of shah
Noun
  • Some secular nationalists even went as far as to claim that Ottoman sultans such as Mehmet the Conqueror had invented religious tolerance and helped inspire the European Renaissance.
    — Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
  • This mosque also holds the tombs of the commissioning sultan, his wife Haseki Hürrem, and Mimar Sinan himself. Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque The Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque is an example of how versatile Mimar Sinan was as an architect.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of sultan
Noun
  • In February of last year, Harry’s claim was dismissed, a decision which the prince appealed.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Stuart’s prince is suave, worldly, world-weary, charismatic — every inch a prince, really.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of prince
Noun
  • When the basilica was erected, Constantinople, perched at the eastern end of the European continent and named after emperor Constantine the Great, was one of the most important capitals of Christendom.
    — Danuta Hamlin, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • No one’s ever been more equipped to handle all the different duties of having his dad as the emperor.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of emperor
Noun
  • The king was photographed meeting Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni in Rome on Wednesday, at a time of international turmoil brought on by Donald Trump's tariffs.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • And here is the reigning plus-minus king for both Dubuque and Western Michigan.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of king
Noun
  • The Danish Royal House released a new portrait of the princess taken by photographer Steen Evald in Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg, which is the Danish royal family's private residence, when the plans for her birthday bash were unveiled.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In Minecraft’s pixelated Overworld, everything is shaped like a box, from the trees to the bees, and players invent their own adventures — there’s no princess imprisoned in a castle.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of princess
Noun
  • The Qatari palace said the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Hamas' delegation in Doha as well as with Witkoff and Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden's top Middle East adviser.
    — VICTORIA EASTWOOD, arkansasonline.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The Qatari emir met on Monday with a delegation of senior Hamas officials led by chief negotiator Khalil al-Haya.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of emir

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