| sultan | A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; officially so called. Sultan flower. <botany> See Sweet sultan, under Sweet. Origin: F. Sultan (cf. Sp. Soldan, It. Sultano, soldano), Ar. Sultan sultan, dominion. Cf. Soldan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sultana | 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. 2. A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. <ornithology> Sultana bird, the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |