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or amir
also ameer
as in sultan
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Recent Examples of emir
Just before the official’s arrival, Qatar’s ruling emir received a phone call from Trump.
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Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Biden's wife, former first lady Jill Biden, received a bottle of Ormonde Jayne perfume and an 18-carat gold necklace with diamonds from the emir of Qatar and his spouse.
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Matthew Lee The Associated Press,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
Her cousins and aunt were ransomed and released in Lebanon; Caroline was taken separately, chosen by an ISIS emir, and has never been found.
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Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
The president also spoke to the emir and prime minister of Qatar and thanked them for their support and friendship to our country.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Biden's wife, former first lady Jill Biden, received a bottle of Ormonde Jayne perfume and an 18-carat gold necklace with diamonds from the emir of Qatar and his spouse.
—
Matthew Lee The Associated Press,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
Her cousins and aunt were ransomed and released in Lebanon; Caroline was taken separately, chosen by an ISIS emir, and has never been found.
—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
The president also spoke to the emir and prime minister of Qatar and thanked them for their support and friendship to our country.
—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emir
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The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
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They were welcomed by Oman’s foreign minister at the airport and are set to meet with Oman’s sultan for discussions.
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African prince Akeem is trading palaces, from his lavish kingdom to Queens in search of a woman who loves him for him.
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Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
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Brass is best-known for his 1979 feature Caligula, an erotic period epic about the notorious Roman emperor, adapted from a screenplay written by Gore Vidal and starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud.
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Even the richest emperors of the past did not have the ability to satisfy their whims that is now possessed by any student in Chicago or Berlin or Kinshasa.
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For a queen mother to privilege her daughter/queen’s wishes above those of the son/king who abdicated in the night?
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Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
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Catherine the Great began her reign as empress of Russia after seizing control from her husband, Peter III.
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The princess wore a white outfit for the occasion, and she was seen dipping into a curtsy for both the emperor and the empress, in addition to handshakes.
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The princess took to Instagram to celebrate her husband, Jack Brooksbank, on the special day.
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Her white cable knit Alexander McQueen frock first appeared in 2011, while the princess was visiting Canada, per Marie Claire UK.
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Similarly, the scale, scope and depth of the AI revolution will also compel the group practice leaders, health system executives, private equity satraps and all others who now pull the strings on so many physicians to adapt to the democratization of medical knowledge.
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The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.
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Many of them urged the shah to toughen up and crack down harder on protesters.
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The book is described in promotional materials as providing vivid portraits of the lives of her mother, Farah Arvand, and her grandmother, princess Ashraf Palavi, sister of the last shah of Iran.
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“Emir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emir. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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