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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Example Sentences

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

Competition for Frankopan’s main bete noire is keen, but Americans may at least claim parity with the Huns, Tamerlane, Cortes and the British.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2016

Burnt down twice in accidental fires, the mosque was also torched by Tamerlane during his sack of Damascus, but it survives.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2013

“The Persians,” exclaimed this strange boy, “have blocked up the route of Tamerlane, but I will open another.”

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various