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sultaness

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[suhl-tn-is] / ˈsʌl tn ɪs /

noun

  1. sultana.


Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of sultaness

First recorded in 1605–15; sultan + -ess

Example Sentences

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She then related her surprising adventures, which the sultaness heard very patiently, but could scarcely believe.

From The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales by Parrish, Maxfield

My dear sister, says the sultaness, I desire nothing more than to acquaint you with it to-morrow; but you know that depends on the sultan's pleasure.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

I agree to it, replied the sultaness; hearken then.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

Sister, replies the sultaness, they are not comparable to those which I have to tell you next night, if the sultan, my lord and master, be so good as to let me live.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

Towards the end of the following night, Dinarzade failed not to awake the sultaness.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

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