emir

variants or amir also ameer

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Recent Examples of emir The British royal family is playing host this week to the emirs of Qatar, who are on a state visit to the United Kingdom. Nuria Luis, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024 Victoria Beckham modeled one of her own designs while attending a state dinner at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday in honor of the emir of Qatar. Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Dec. 2024 The emir's state visit also saw a rare public appearance by Princess Kate who together with Prince William met their Qatari guests. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 Camilla missed the open-air arrival ceremony for the Qatari emir but was expected to attend lunch at the palace as well as the banquet. Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for emir 
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Noun
  • The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • On March 24, 2022, the day of the contentious vote, Suarez was in the United Arab Emirates — where Quinn Emanuel represents several sovereign wealth funds and other government entities — signing a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Emirati officials alongside the crown prince of Dubai.
    Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Nightbreed peacock The Northman Year: 2022 Runtime: 2h 17m Director: Robert Eggers This epic from the director of The Lighthouse stars Alexander Skarsgard as a Viking prince who returns to his homeland with vengeance on his mind.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Illiberal leaders select their cabinet members in the same way that emperors used to choose the governors of rebellious provinces: What matters most is the appointee’s loyalty and capacity to resist being suborned or co-opted by others.
    Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • What China needed was something like a final emperor, the breaker of the despotic chain who would summon modernity by fiat.
    Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The king of TDs at a position should be the No. 1 pick at the position.
    Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Donald Trump: Comeback king Fortunes have truly reversed for former president turned President-elect Trump.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • No wedding is complete without the honeymoon, and for our generous tastemaker who wants to be crowned emperor or empress of gift giving, a visit with Griffin Bruehl, founder of BRUEHL and part of Global Travel Collection, is the best way to procure that crown.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The debut feature from Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese follows a sheltered space princess who embarks on a galactic mission to rescue her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The photo, taken by Matt Porteous in Windsor last summer according to People, shows the princess looking very casual indeed.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.
    Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
  • The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • The 1980 presidential campaign took place against the backdrop of the hostage crisis, which began in November 1979 after the U.S. admitted the Iranian shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, into the country to receive medical treatment following the Islamic Revolution that toppled him.
    Stephen Neukam, The Hill, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Khamenei on Saturday met with university students to mark Students Day, which commemorates a Nov. 4, 1978, incident in which Iranian soldiers opened fire on students protesting the rule of the shah at Tehran University.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024

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