emirs

variants or amirs also ameers
plural of emir

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Noun
  • American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Earlier this year, Quinn pounced on the opportunity to cast Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as star-crossed fae princes from feuding kingdoms who (spoiler) have been knocking boots in secret.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Today's listen The Marx brothers were kings of comedy in the years between World War I and World War II.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 16 June 2026
  • The palace was the residence of French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI.
    Darlene Superville, Fortune, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • This is, after all, the island that has wooed Roman emperors, including Tiberius, who allegedly carried out all sorts of debauchery at his hilltop Villa Jovis, which remains one of the Capri’s top attractions.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
  • For nearly five centuries, emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties came here to worship Heaven and pray for good harvests.
    Xianda Huang, The Conversation, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Ser Duncan the Tall, played by Peter Claffey, sits atop a horse as the lords of Westeros look down at him.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Pressure from drug lords who bankrolled the country’s top teams and top players, and also liked to bet.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Amid this controversy, Eugenie and Beatrice have maintained close personal connections with both their parents, ultimately keeping the princesses deeply connected to the severe and escalating public scrutiny surrounding their parents' scandals.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 11 June 2026
  • Journalist Javi Hoyos posted a clip of the princesses in a video shared to TikTok, where heir to the throne Leonor danced and sang in a suite.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The strikes, which Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said hit the eastern provinces of Khost, Kunar and Paktika, shattered more than a month of calm in the war.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Past philosophers, such as Aristotle, emphasized the necessity of virtue in both the people and their rulers, and Montesquieu argued that virtue was the defining principle of republics.
    Jordan Cash, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • For generations, the Sea had been the lifeblood of the Karakalpak people, who lived as seminomadic pastoralists under various rulers, including khanates, tsars, the USSR, and now independent Uzbekistan.
    Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Büttner, who is not Jewish, serves as one of 15 state antisemitism czars in Germany, which also has a federal antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Emirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emirs. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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