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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

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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