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emir

Also a·meer,
Or a·mir

[uh-meer, ey-meer, ey-meer]

noun

  1. a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.

  2. a title of honor of the descendants of Muhammad.

  3. (initial capital letter),  the former title of the ruler of Afghanistan.

  4. a title of certain Turkish officials.



emir

/ ɛˈmɪə /

noun

  1. an independent ruler or chieftain

  2. a military commander or governor

  3. a descendant of Mohammed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of emir1

First recorded in 1625–35; from Arabic ʾamīr “commander, prince,” from ʾamara “to command, order”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of emir1

C17: via French from Spanish emir, from Arabic ' amīr commander
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Example Sentences

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The relationship dates to the 1990s, when Qatar’s former emir offered Hamas members sanctuary after they were expelled from Jordan.

“It’s not like al Qaeda or ISIS, where you have a command or an emir in charge giving orders,” Hoffman said.

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As Irish hotelier Patrick McKillen tells it, he met the former emir of Qatar on a yacht in Doha to discuss a business opportunity in California, more than 8,000 miles away.

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She is expected to be at the farewells to the emir on Wednesday.

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“Apart from killing a member of the emir’s staff, it also seriously injured another person - not also forgetting the damage it regularly does to our farmlands.”

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