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Sultan vs Kaiser - What's the difference?

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Sultan is a related term of kaiser.


As nouns the difference between sultan and kaiser

is that sultan is sultan (ruler) while kaiser is kaiser.

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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    kaiser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962-1806), the Austrian Empire (1806-1918), and the German Empire (1871-1918).
  • a person who exercises or tries to exercise absolute authority; autocrat.

    • Related terms

    * kaiserdom

    References

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