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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

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 said, and led the way, by court And hall and fountain, to an inner room Rich with king's robes: therefrom he reached a gown, And "Know'st thou this?" he asked.

From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Sir Edwin Arnold

The words I have italicized are omitted in the edition of 1577, as quoted by Soldan, ii.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird

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

I would not tell it even to my timber soldan!

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott

In that castle dwell alway, to keep it and to serve the soldan, more then 6000 persons, that take all their necessaries off the soldan’s court. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville

The soldan, he thy neighbour, will be won,   Surely with men and money thee to aid:   By him with evil eye King Pepin's son,   So strong in Africa, will be surveyed.

From Orlando Furioso by William Stewart Rose

They afterwards sent Peter Martyr ambassador to the soldan to explain and justify their measure.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving

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