sultanas

Definition of sultanasnext
plural of sultana

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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
  • All kings and tyrants fail in the end.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • As the mind behind Yellowstone, Taylor Sheridan has been hailed as one of the kings of modern Westerns, and this propulsive crime thriller is one of his essential watches.
    Sezin Devi Keohler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • When her brother-in-law was killed in a bombing raid in 1940 during World War II, the Queen Mother invited his widow and daughters to play with the princesses at Royal Lodge.
    Ana Salas, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Spectres are haunting the New York City Ballet—the spectres of kings and emperors.
    Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The monkey and the lion have become Chinese emperors, Buddha’s earthly servants.
    Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Jesse Jackson was an ambassador of hope for the oppressed, who met with kings and queens and presidents and dictators and clergy of all the great religions.
    CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • So shout out to you two queens.
    Gia Peppers, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Sultanas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultanas. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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