khedive

American  

[kuh-deev] / kəˈdiv /

noun

1. the title of the Turkish viceroys in Egypt from 1867 to 1914.

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khedive British  

/ kɪˈdiːv /

noun

1. the viceroy of Egypt under Ottoman suzerainty (1867–1914)

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Other Word Forms

• khedival adjective
• khedivate noun
• khedivial adjective
• khediviate noun

Etymology

Origin of khedive

< French khédive < Turkish hidiv < Persian khidīw prince

Example Sentences

To reinforce his authority, he adopted the title khedive of Egypt, a designation above a viceroy and only one step below the reigning sultan.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

So the khedive, or viceroy, of Egypt didn’t have the money to make the Frenchman’s dream a reality.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2016

A modern expression of a failed colonial past, it was built around a 19th-century palace constructed by a corrupt khedive to honor the French emperor for building the Suez Canal.

From Newsweek • Mar. 9, 2013

When the khedive of Egypt in 1875 put his Suez Canal shares on the market, Britain needed $19 million to outbid other countries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Father told me he has been expecting this to happen ever since June, when Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, abdicated the throne and his son Mehmet Tewfik Pasha became the new khedive.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman