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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


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You are not mistaken, answered the sultaness; and if the sultan will allow me to tell it you, I am persuaded it will very much divert you.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

Have a little patience, replies the sultaness, and you shall have the satisfaction you desire to-morrow, if the sultan, my lord, will consent to it.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

Dinarzade having awaked her sister the sultaness as usual, prayed her to tell her another story.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

Some sultan leads a sultaness; some emperor, a queen; and jeweled sword-hilts of carpet knights fling back the glances tossed by coquettes of countesses.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville

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

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