sultans

Definition of sultansnext
plural of sultan

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Noun
  • Everyone will have traditional costumes, and there will be kings and queens.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
  • These drama kings and queens of the novel are a chameleonic joint family of disjoint motives.
    Sibani Ram, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The fantasy story is set in a world of emperors and empresses, replete with castles and lavish costumes.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The bank of a family that lent to popes and emperors may be up for sale.
    Abhishek Shanker, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
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
  • Now the question is, what will the princesses do next to separate themselves from their parents?
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Foxie, 49, has since expanded her collection and now plays with hundreds of dolls, including Strawberry Shortcake, Dora the Explorer and Disney princesses.
    KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Many of the opportunities available were in projects that supported the state’s narrative — from historical dramas valorizing medieval Hindu rulers, to biopics in praise of its leaders.
    Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Erasing historic figures from the public sphere is an exercise in power going back to the pharaohs, a way rulers ensured future generations couldn’t learn about their enemies.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Courtenay is one of 92 lords, out of more than 800 in Parliament, who inherited their seats.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 21 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.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
  • Everyone will have traditional costumes, and there will be kings and queens.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The wooden board is fabricated from curly maple and the knights, pawns, bishops and queens — all positioned as if a game has begun — are made of ceramics.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Sultans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultans. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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