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
Compare the excellent narratives of the Duc d'Aumale and Prof. Soldan.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
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 Lewis Spence
Ferdinand and Isabella pressed the war with tenfold energy, and brought it to a triumphant conclusion in the next campaign, while the soldan was still carrying on a similar negotiation with the pope.
From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving
After that, the Comanians that were in servage in Egypt, felt themselves that they were of great power, they chose them a soldan amongst them, the which made him to be clept Melechsalan.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville
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 Lewis Spence
At a subsequent period the Catholic sovereigns sent the distinguished historian, Pietro Martyr of Angleria, as ambassador to the grand soldan.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Washington Irving
Thou hast, I think, only encountered with thy wooden soldan: it were unjust—unfair—unkind—in me to abuse thy friendly offer.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
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