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emir
Or a·mir
[uh-meer, ey-meer, ey-meer]
noun
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
a title of honor of the descendants of Muhammad.
(initial capital letter), the former title of the ruler of Afghanistan.
a title of certain Turkish officials.
emir
/ ɛˈmɪə /
noun
an independent ruler or chieftain
a military commander or governor
a descendant of Mohammed
Word History and Origins
Origin of emir1
Word History and Origins
Origin of emir1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
She is expected to be at the farewells to the emir on Wednesday.
“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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