sultan
noun
sul·tan
| \ ˈsəl-tᵊn
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Definition of sultan
: a king or sovereign especially of a Muslim state
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Other Words from sultan
sultanic
\ ˌsəl-ˈta-nik
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of sultan in a Sentence
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Jakarta was founded in the fourth century on marshland on the northwest coast of Java and served for centuries as the capital of kings and sultans. — Muktita Suhartono, BostonGlobe.com, "Indonesia’s capital is sinking, polluted, and crowded. Its leader wants to build a new one.," 26 Aug. 2019 The sultan was the ruler of the northern state of Kelantan and his resignation is the first time a monarch has stepped down before completing the five-year tenure. — Fox News, "Former Malaysia king divorces Russian beauty queen wife, months after abdicating throne," 17 July 2019 Glamping—communing with nature while luxuriating in a tent loaded with creature comforts—was once the pastime of kings and sultans. — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, "Pop-Up Tents No S’more: Glamping Is the New Backyard Camping," 11 July 2019 The seller, an elderly woman, urged Tan to have a taste, boasting that her durians were the same color as the local sultan’s palace. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column One: Decades ago, he stole a tree branch. Now he is the Durian King," 4 July 2019 Eventually, with the help of the sultan of Morocco and legal maneuvers around a U.S. government treaty that African royalty could not be enslaved, he was freed. — cleveland.com, "Cruising the Mississippi River: New ships, insightful port excursions update a nostalgic float," 23 June 2019 Claiming no favorites, Zeffirelli once likened himself to a sultan with a harem of three: film, theater and opera. — NBC News, "'Romeo and Juliet' director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96," 15 June 2019 Claiming no favorites, Zeffirelli once likened himself to a sultan with a harem of three: film, theater and opera. — CBS News, "Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director known for "Romeo and Juliet," dies at 96," 15 June 2019 In the latest film, Princess Jasmine deservedly becomes the actual sultan. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, "How ‘Aladdin’ came to be: Thank (or blame) an 18th-century French scholar," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sultan.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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sultan
noun
English Language Learners Definition of sultan
: a king or ruler of a Muslim state or country
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sultan
noun
sul·tan
| \ ˈsəl-tᵊn
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Kids Definition of sultan
: a ruler especially of a Muslim state
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