Soldan
noun
the ruler of an Islamic country.
Soldan
American
[sol-duhn, sohl-, sohd-n]
/ ˈsɒl dən, ˈsoʊl-, ˈsoʊd n /
noun
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the ruler of an Islamic country.
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Archaic. a sultan, especially the sultan of Egypt.
soldan
British
/ ˈsəʊldən, ˈsɒl- /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Soldan
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Arabic. See sultan
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Police Chief John Hayden said the girl and her family had attended a football exhibition about a block away at Soldan High School.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2019
David Paz Soldan, a 26-year-old lawyer, is patiently asking the Spanish-speaking caller.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the family moved from Rochester to St. Louis, he was to all appearances happily enrolled at Soldan High School.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Soldan, however, after the manner of the baffled in romance, broke the rules of the tourney and carried off Onoloria by a stratagem.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
See two important letters of Lorraine to his sister-in-law, the Duchess of Nemours, April 24th and May 1, 1570, in Soldan, Geschichte d.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
And the first soldan was Zarocon, that was of Media, as was father to Saladin that took the Caliph of Egypt and slew him, and was made soldan by strength.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
In 1272 he took part with Louis IX. in a crusade to north Africa, where the French king died of fever, and Charles, after defeating the soldan of Tunis, returned to Sicily.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
And whoso will go by land through the land of Babylon, where the soldan dwelleth commonly, he must get grace of him and leave to go more siker through those lands and countries.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
Niquea, the daughter of an Eastern soldan, had fallen in love with him by report, and had sent him her picture by the hands of a favourite dwarf.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
And before the soldan cometh no stranger, but if he be clothed in cloth of gold, or of Tartary or of Camaka, in the Saracens’ guise, and as the Saracens use.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
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