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Soldan
noun
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Noun
- 1 The ruler of a major Muslim state in the Middle Ages, especially the Sultan of Egypt. archaic, historical
"The iewels and the treaſure we haue tane Shall be reſeru’d, and you in better ſtate, Than if you were arriu’d in Siria, Euen in the circle of your Fathers armes, The mightie Souldan of Ægyptia."
- 2 A sultan. archaic
"And then the Damzell, the sad Samient, / Should as his purchast prize with him convay / Unto the Souldans court […]."
Etymology
From Middle English soudan, from Old French soudan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān). Doublet of sultan.
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