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sultaness

American  
[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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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

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 Maxfield Parrish

I will deliver you from your uneasiness to-morrow, answers the sultaness, if the sultan will allow me to live till then.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

Each day the sultaness practiced the same device, and each day the sultan's curiosity got the better of his cruelty, so that he allowed her to live on.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

I know abundance more, answers the sultaness, that are still more wonderful.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

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