emirs

variants or amirs also ameers
Definition of emirsnext
plural of emir

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • After Baelor’s funeral, Maekar asks Dunk to serve under him and take his son Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) as his squire, but Dunk says he’s done with princes after all this.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Britain’s King George V changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917, and initiated legislation to strike out the titles of princes and lords who had backed the Germans.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In the case of the Danish kings, however, this visit has an even deeper meaning, and not just because Mary of Denmark is of Australian origin.
    Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Forest are fiercely proud of twice becoming kings of Europe, back-to-back, under Brian Clough in 1979 and 1980.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The voices captured on that wall belong not to emperors or senators, but to lovers, laborers, sports fans, and artists who left their marks in a corridor between two theaters, never imagining those marks would still be read 2,000 years later.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
  • These are not the words of emperors or senators.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • It customary for an air of mystery to surround the burials of drug lords in Mexico, something their supporters take advantage of to try to elevate them to legend.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
  • It customary for an air of mystery to surround the burials of drug lords in Mexico, something their supporters take advantage of to try to elevate them to legend.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some scenes were in ballrooms and drawing rooms, and the characters included counts and princesses and army officers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • All of this comes after reports that the princesses have been banned from this year’s Royal Ascot in June, according to the Daily Mail.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Hanoi’s rulers are looking to the private sector to drive growth.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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
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 Mar. 2026.

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