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emir

noun

variants or amir also ameer

Definition of emir

as in sultan

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Recent Examples of emir The emir’s gesture was explained as an act of respect, but angry TV pundits saw it as detracting from Argentina’s success. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 11 June 2026 In 2017, four regional rivals implemented a land and air blockade of Qatar, citing comments by its emir praising Iran as a great power. — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 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 See All Example Sentences for emir

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The story ranges from Chicago's tenement slums to the private mansions of the president of the United States and the sultan of Morocco.

— Paul Dailing, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Prince Khālid ibn Barghash, Ḥamad’s cousin, moved himself into the palace and took the title of sultan while Ḥamad’s body was still warm.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of sultan

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There will be no more messing around with draggy eye pencils or the emperor’s new eye shadows.

— Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026
Jingdezhen’s Imperial Kiln Institute researches and restores ceramics excavated from an adjacent complex, where pieces for emperors were crafted in kilns whose remains are still visible today.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of emperor

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Modern Queen Farah Pahlavi served as the last empress of Iran and became known for her advocacy of education, culture, and the arts.

— Liz Regalia, Parents, 9 Sep. 2026
Chikankari is a delicate embroidery technique that goes back to the 17th century, when the Mughal empress Nur Jahan introduced it to India.

— Divia Thani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of empress

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It was created for Egypt’s royal family and worn by Queen Nazli in 1939 at the wedding of her daughter, Princess Fawzia, to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, then crown prince of Iran and later the country’s last shah.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Ayatollah Khomeini portrayed the shah as the tyrannical Yazid and himself as a Husayn-like figure returning from exile to save the Iranian people from injustice.

— Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

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