Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Variant of emir.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See ameer.
Wiktionary
- n. A high title of nobility or office, used in Arabic countries and in some Turkic states.
- n. One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Sindh.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as ameer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
Etymologies
- Arabic أمِير (amīr), commander, prince. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The only Taliban leader most people know is Mullah Mohammed Omar, the unworldly, one-eyed village preacher who held the grand title amir-ul-momineen - "leader of the faithful" - when he ruled Afghanistan in the late”
“Persia, and he raises a tribute from them through the hands of his officer, and the tribute which they pay every year by way of poll tax is one gold amir, which is equivalent to one and one-third maravedi.”
“(MANA's "amir" is Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.)”
“(MANA's "amir" is Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.) • The Mazen Asbahi connection: The Obama campaign's first Muslim outreach coordinator resigned after it came to light that he had served on the board of a subsidiary of the Saudi-sponsored North American Islamic Trust with Jamal Said, another unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007”
“Also, as the self-styled "amir" of the United Muslim Movement, he has many links to Islamist organizations, including CAIR and the Muslim Alliance in North America.”
“Also, as the self-styled "amir" of the United Muslim Movement, he has many links to Islamist organizations, including Muslim Alliance in North America.”
“amir", or leader, in any part of the country, this policy does not appear to be followed in central Somalia, where only locals are appointed amirs.”
“Write to Sam Schechner at sam.schechner@wsj.com and Amir Efrati at amir.efrati@wsj.com”
“Jinnah struggled for an Islamic progressive nation," said Ameerul Azeem, the amir, or head, in Lahore of Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist party founded in 1941 and modeled on the Arab Muslim Brotherhood.”
“Write to Sam Schechner at sam. schechner@wsj.com and Amir Efrati at amir. efrati@wsj.com”
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