Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete variant of
sultan. Chaucer .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Sultan.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
sultan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They gained entrance into the palace, and Adler sang, saying, "O ladye, this is thy owne true love; no harper, but a king;" and then drawing his sword he slew the "sowdan," Estmere at the same time chasing from the hall the "kempery men."
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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While Estmere and his brother went to make preparations for the wedding, the "sowdan" arrived, and demanded the lady to wife.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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And some say that this child was of Normandy, and went oversea, and was taken by the sowdan, which made him oft to be beaten tofore him.
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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While Adler he hath drawne his brande, and hath the sowdan slayne.
Kyng Estmere 1898
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Adler to the court of King Adlands, to crave his daughter in marriage; but King Adlands replied that Bremor, the sowdan, or sultan of Spain, had forestalled him.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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