khedive
noun
the title of the Turkish viceroys in Egypt from 1867 to 1914.
khedivate
-
a word derived from
khedive.
Example Sentences
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The actual terminus at the Suez end is called Port Tewfik, after Ismail's son and successor in the khedivate.
From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Frederic Courtland Penfield
Mehemet Ali, the great pasha who founded the present Egyptian khedivate, was urged to attempt the canal project, but he was wary.
From A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel by S. G. Bayne
