Definition of Timur

1. Noun. Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405).

Exact synonyms: Tamburlaine, Tamerlane, Timur Lenk
Generic synonyms: Ruler, Swayer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timur

Timonizations
Timonize
Timonized
Timonizes
Timonizing
Timor
Timor-Leste
Timor Sea
Timorese
Timotheus
Timothy
Timothy Francis Leary
Timothy Leary
Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
Timucua
Timur (current term)
Timur Lenk
Tin Lizzie
Tin Man
Tin Pan Alley
Tinamidae
Tinamiformes
Tinbergen
Tinca
Tinca tinca
Tincy
Tindal
Tindale
Tindall
Tinea pellionella

Literary usage of Timur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Such a request was not likely to be well received by Timur, and, ... In the meantime Timur was collecting forces to punish his rebellious protégé. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Timur, however, was not a mere barbarian. He was an able administrator, with many statesmanlike traits, a patron of science and art and is also ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Timur has been compared with Alexander, but he is far below him. It is true, that except in India, Alexander found only effeminate nations on his way, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Timur was despatched on a mission to the invader's camp, the result of which was his ... During this period Timur and his brother-in-law, Hosain—at first ..."

5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Balkh, which was defended by the adherents of Husein, was taken by storm and destroyed by fire after a siege of three years, AH 771 (AD 1369), and Timur was ..."

6. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"The vegetation of Timur, instead of being luxuriant like that of the western ... Even the fish of the seas of Timur are not abundant, nor do the natives ..."

7. The History of Hindostan by Alexander Dow (1770)
"Saring, and' driven from his country, he waited upon Timur, after the ... holding forth, that he held the empire for Timur: and ordered the coin to be ..."

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