Tamerlane

American  

[tam-er-leyn] / ˈtæm ərˌleɪn /

noun

1. Timur Lenk, 1336?–1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369–1405.

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Tamerlane British  

/ ˈtæməˌleɪn /

noun

1. Turkic name Timur (tiːˈmʊə). ?1336–1405, Mongol conqueror of the area from Mongolia to the Mediterranean; ruler of Samarkand (1369–1405). He defeated the Turks at Angora (1402) and died while invading China

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Tamerlane

A little down the road to the west lies Gur-e-Amir, the resting place of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Tamerlane.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

The two married in 1972 after the birth of their son Tamerlane, in an eccentric ceremony administered by a one-legged Buddhist monk at the Golden Palace restaurant in L.A.’s Chinatown.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2019

In 1400, the Mongol conqueror Timur, also known as Tamerlane, sacked Aleppo.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2016

The one other person who was at the apartment that night, Parker and Celestin’s friend Tamerlane Kangas, at first claimed that he had seen nothing.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2016

In 1241 it was taken and 177 plundered by Genghis Khan; a century and a half later came Tamerlane, who did not spoil it only because it was too poor to reward his rapacity.

From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field