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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A prince, chieftain, or governor, especially in the Middle East.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Among Arabs and other Mohammedan peoples. a chief of a family or tribe; a ruling prince. See ameer.
  2. n. Specifically, a title sometimes given to the descendants of Mohammed.
  3. n. In Turkey, with a specific designation of office or duty, a head of a department of government; a chief officer.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)

Etymologies

  1. Arabic أَمِير (amīr), commander, prince. (Wiktionary)
  2. French émir, from Arabic 'amīr, commander, prince, from 'amara, to command; see אmr in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Dost Muhammad took the title emir al-mu'minin (commander of the faithful) in preparation for his holy war against the Sikhs.”

    c. Afghanistan

  • “But more importantly, I think you're absolutely correct, is he's trying to sort of stave off any indications that he's sort of a lesser to who he calls the emir in this video, by the way, bin Laden.”

    CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2006

  • “The very name, derived from the root ` amir 'or ` emir,' is symbolic of that, and the silver ear is symbolic of the authority of the Lord High Admiral who, whether he exercises that office individually, or whether it is, as it now is and has been for a long time, in Commission, is the representative of the Crown in the Admiralty.”

    The Symbol of Admiralty Jurisdiction

  • “Father-of-two Shahjahan - who was referred to as the "emir", or leader, by other members of the terror group - had the highest profile and had given a number of media interviews, the court heard.”

    WalesOnline - Home

  • “The city of Annah, or Anatho, 49 the actual residence of an Arabian emir, is composed of two long streets, which enclose, within a natural fortification, a small island in the midst, and two fruitful spots on either side, of the”

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

  • “He who was in charge of it, whom they called the emir, immediately prepared to enter into an agreement, and soon accepted our men and their banners in the city.”

    The Deeds of God Through the Franks

  • “‘Scherirah,’ continued Alroy, ‘this noble emir is your charge.”

    Chapter 18 - Part VII

  • “He is now said to be, according to U.S. forces, the so-called emir of Baghdad.”

    CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2005

  • “He is said to be the so-called emir of Baghdad, the leader of Zarqawi's terrorist operations in Baghdad, said to be a key lieutenant of Zarqawi.”

    CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2005

  • “And that is the relationship between the emir, which is Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (ph) and what he has basically said the U.S. government can do.”

    CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2002

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Other words for ‘emir’

  1. emeer

hypernyms (2)

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  1. swayer
  1. ruler

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  1. Othman I
  1. Osman I

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  2. rajah
  1. appraisement

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Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Bombardier
  2. Chevalier
  3. Clear
  4. Deere
  5. Fear
  6. Greer
  7. Imagineer
  8. Lanier
  9. Lear
  10. Meir
  11. Mir
  12. Rainier
  13. Revere
  14. Sabir
  15. Sameer
  16. Samir
  17. Shamir
  18. Speer
  19. Zaire
  20. adhere
  21. amir
  22. appear
  23. auctioneer
  1. austere
  2. bandolier
  3. beer
  4. belvedere
  5. bere
  6. bioengineer
  7. bombardier
  8. brigadier
  9. budgeteer
  10. career
  11. cashier
  12. cavalier
  13. chandelier
  14. cheer
  15. chevalier
  16. clear
  17. cohere
  18. commandeer
  19. conventioneer
  20. dear
  21. deer
  22. deere
  23. disappear
  1. domineer
  2. ear
  3. electioneer
  4. engineer
  5. fear
  6. fier
  7. financier
  8. fleer
  9. frontier
  10. gear
  11. geer
  12. gere
  13. gondolier
  14. insincere
  15. interfere
  16. jeer
  17. kier
  18. kir
  19. lanier
  20. lear
  21. marketeer
  22. mear
  23. mere
  1. mir
  2. mutineer
  3. near
  4. neer
  5. pamphleteer
  6. peer
  7. persevere
  8. pier
  9. pioneer
  10. premier
  11. premiere
  12. profiteer
  13. queer
  14. racketeer
  15. rainier
  16. reappear
  17. rear
  18. reengineer
  19. revere
  20. sabir
  21. sear
  22. sere
  23. severe
  1. shear
  2. sheer
  3. shere
  4. sincere
  5. smear
  6. sneer
  7. souvenir
  8. spear
  9. speir
  10. sphere
  11. steer
  12. summiteer
  13. tear
  14. teer
  15. unclear
  16. veer
  17. veneer
  18. volunteer
  19. wazir
  20. wier
  21. year
  22. zahir
  23. zaire

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. Osman I
  2. Othman I
  1. emeer
  2. ameer
  1. amir
  2. mir
  1. emirship
  2. emirate
  1. Abdullah ibn-Husein
  2. bayat
  1. admiral

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