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Empress vs Sultan - What's the difference?

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Empress is a synonym of sultan.


As a proper noun empress

is a village in alberta, canada.

As a noun sultan is

sultan (ruler).

empress

English

(Emperor)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) emperice, emperesse, from (etyl) and (etyl) emperiz, emperesse, from (etyl) imperatrix.

Noun

(es)
  • The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
  • The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler (e.g. Persian shah).
  • (label) A female chimpanzee.
    • Related terms
    * emperor

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)

    • sultan

    English

    (wikipedia sultan)

    Noun

  • Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph.
  • A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
  • (card games) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
  • A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See:

    • Derived terms

    * sultana * sultanate

    See also

    * sultana bird

    References

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