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emirs

noun

variants or amirs also ameers

plural of emir

as in princes

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Modern-day courtiers and princes–to say nothing of bureaucrats–should not be the ones deciding what gets made and who gets to see it.

— Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Fictional princes fill pop culture, from heroic leaders in science fiction empires to charming ones in modern takes on classic fairy tales.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of princes

Noun

The government efforts to make sure that male royals are producing male emperors have triggered criticisms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
The play follows a press secretary to the Roman emperors, played by Annaleigh Ashford in the New York production opposite Joe Tapper as a journalist, with Christopher Ryan Grant as a nameless imperial official.

— Mariah Kreutter, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of emperors

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In early English law, the silva forestis was a place for lords to chase game and for ordinary people to gather wood.

— James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026
Colombian police have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Ecuador's most powerful drug lords who was extradited to the United States last year, President Abelardo de la Espriella said Sunday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of lords

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Robots, Barbie dolls, Supermans, T-rexes and princesses began to form in a circular line around the perimeter of the gym.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Getting paid to dress up, ride horses, and playact alongside long-haired hunks and red-lipped princesses?

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of princesses

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If a man is thought-free, fancy-free, imagination-free, that which is not never for a long time appearing to be to him, unwise rulers or reformers cannot fatally interrupt him.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
China's rulers did not find anything funny about Mbappe's interaction with the meme.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of rulers

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With 775 rooms, the palace also provides office space for the royal bureaucracy and hosts lavish state dinners for visiting presidents and potentates.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.

— James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2025

Definition of potentates

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Many of its stations look as though they were built for the tsars, clad in precious marble and adorned with mosaics, crystal chandeliers, sculptures, and gilded moldings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Buccellati’s New Caviar Bar Caviar rose to the fore as a delicacy by Russian czars amid the opulence of the 19th and early 20th century, around the same time Italian jeweler Buccellati was born.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

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