sultana
[suhl-tan-uh, -tah-nuh]
- a small, seedless raisin.
- a wife or a concubine of a sultan.
- a sister, daughter, or mother of a sultan.
- a mistress, especially of a king or other royal personage.
- Also called old amethyst. a deep purplish-red color.
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Origin of sultana
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king, monarch, emperor, czar, sultan, shah, girl, queen, adult, female, majesty, empress, mogul, kaiser, prince, baron, royal, sovereign, potentate, lordExamples from the Web for sultana
Historical Examples of sultana
Chop also a dozen pippins, and two pounds of sultana raisins.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Sultana raisins, naturally seedless, are made from Sultanina and the Sultana.
Manual of American Grape-GrowingU. P. Hedrick
These rags will become cloth of gold on the body of the Sultana of Sultanas.
SacrificeStephen French Whitman
These were in turn offered to the Caliph and the Sultana by their surrounding attendants.
AlroyBenjamin Disraeli
Yes, you will be a sultana, but I—I shall be dead and I shall never see you again.
The NabobAlphonse Daudet
sultana
- the dried fruit of a small white seedless grape, originally produced in SW Asia: used in cakes, curries, etc; seedless raisin
- the grape itself
- Also called: sultaness a wife, concubine, or female relative of a sultan
- a mistress; concubine
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Word Origin for sultana
C16: from Italian, feminine of sultano sultan
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Word Origin and History for sultana
1580s, from Italian sultana, fem. of sultano (see sultan).
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