Khedive

//kəˈdiːv// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
  2. 2
    one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914 wordnet

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Etymology

From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadêw, xedêw, “lord, master, king”), from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”).

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