Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The rank or office of an Emir.
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- noun The rank or office of an
emir .
Etymologies
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emir + -ship
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Examples
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Even the Barbary wars were prosecuted using substantial leverage from area mercenaries and a local ruler who wanted US assistance in recapturing his emirship.
"Our special operations people have been itching to clean them up." Ann Althouse 2009
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If I succeed in proving my claim to a title, which is what you would call here an emirship, I shall not return.
With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman 1867
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