the sovereign of a Muslim country, esp of the former Ottoman Empire a small domestic fowl with a white crest and heavily feathered legs and feet: originated in Turkey
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sul•tan /ˈsʌltən/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmentthe sovereign of an Islamic country, as any of the former sovereigns of Turkey.
sul•tan
(sul′tn),USA pronunciation n.
sul•tan•ic
(sul tan′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
sul′tan•like′, adj.
sul′tan•ship′, n.
- Governmentthe sovereign of an Islamic country.
- Government(often cap.) any of the former sovereigns of Turkey.
- Governmentany absolute ruler or despot.
- Arabic sulṭān sovereign
- Turkish
- Middle French
- 1545–55;
sul′tan•ship′, n.
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'sultan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abdul-Aziz
- Abdul-Hamid II
- Abdul-Mejid I
- Astana
- Baybars I
- Bayezid II
- Fuad I
- Kazakhstan
- Mahmud II
- Mogadishu
- Mohammed II
- Mohammed of Ghor
- Nur-Sultan
- Osman I
- Qaboos bin Said
- Saladin
- Sarawak
- Scanderbeg
- Scheherazade
- Soldan
- Suleiman I
- Tipu Sahib
- Toghril Beg
- Turk
- concubine
- firman
- ghazi
- janissary
- mufti
- odalisque
- padishah
- seraglio
- sultana
- sultanate
- sultaness
- vizier