: a king or sovereign especially of a Muslim state
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The city was founded, in 1411, by Ahmed Shah I, the Muslim sultan of Gujarat, and when Gandhi settled there, in 1915, a booming textile industry was transforming the town into a thriving metropolis that became known as the Manchester of India.
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Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 19 June 2024
The sultans of media and tech will break out their windbreakers and puffy vests for Allen & Co.’s annual Sun Valley conference next month.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 19 June 2024
There’s a gap between that and hopping into my 2035 model year Honda Civic, pulling up an address on my phone, and having the Civic chauffeur me there like a sultan.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 3 June 2024
Originally built by a 17th-century sultan, the Çirağan Palace Kempinski is an Ottoman-era imperial palace overlooking the glistening Bosphorus.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
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Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 19 June 2024
The sultans of media and tech will break out their windbreakers and puffy vests for Allen & Co.’s annual Sun Valley conference next month.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 19 June 2024
There’s a gap between that and hopping into my 2035 model year Honda Civic, pulling up an address on my phone, and having the Civic chauffeur me there like a sultan.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 3 June 2024
Originally built by a 17th-century sultan, the Çirağan Palace Kempinski is an Ottoman-era imperial palace overlooking the glistening Bosphorus.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
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sultan
noun
sul·tan
ˈsəlt-ᵊn 
: a king or ruler especially of a Muslim state
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