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  Soldan

  noun

  the ruler of an Islamic country.
• soldan
  soldan

  noun

  an archaic word for sultan

Soldan

American  

[sol-duhn, sohl-, sohd-n] / ˈsɒl dən, ˈsoʊl-, ˈsoʊd n /

noun

1. the ruler of an Islamic country.

2. Archaic. a sultan, especially the sultan of Egypt.

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soldan British  

/ ˈsəʊldən, ˈsɒl- /

noun

1. an archaic word for sultan

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Etymology

Origin of Soldan

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Arabic. See sultan

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Example Sentences

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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

After the family moved from Rochester to St. Louis, he was to all appearances happily enrolled at Soldan High School.

From Time Magazine Archive

David Paz Soldan, a 26-year-old lawyer, is patiently asking the Spanish-speaking caller.

From Time Magazine Archive

So Philip II. is at one time the Soldan, at another the Spanish monster Geryoneo, at another the fosterer of Catholic intrigues in France and Ireland, Grantorto.

From Spenser by R. W. (Richard William) Church

Palmerin, as in duty bound, espoused the princess’s quarrel, slew Amaran in single combat, and by doing so won the good graces of the Soldan, whom he assisted in the war with Phrygia which followed.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

And ye shall understand that the soldan is lord of five kingdoms, that he hath conquered and appropred to him by strength. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville

But the Comanians chased him out of the country, and did him much sorrow, and made one of themself soldan, that had to name Lachin. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville

From Naxuam we travelled in fifteen days into the country of the soldan of Turkey, to a castle called Marseugen, inhabited by Armenians, Curgians, and Greeks, the Turks only having the dominion.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

He had possessed himself of the government of Egypt; first, under the modest appellation of vizier, and then, with the more august title of soldan.

From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin

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

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