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Definition of Ameer
1. Noun. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
Geographical relationships: Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, Africa
Generic synonyms: Ruler, Swayer
Specialized synonyms: Osman I, Othman I
Definition of Ameer
1. n. Emir.
Definition of Ameer
1. Noun. An emir ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ameer
1. amir [n -S] - See also: amir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ameer
Literary usage of Ameer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the by Joseph Wolff (1845)
"The ameer retreats before them and the ... ameer says that nothing prospers with
him since the Death of the English Officers. ..."
2. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"A meeting was arranged between the ameer and the Viceroy, ... This plan was to
assist the ameer from time to time to consolidate his authority, ..."
3. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Benjamin Vincent, Joseph Haydn (1906)
"speech of the ameer at a durbah, 13 * «ir Henry Mortimer Durand and his •re
Cabul .... 15 Nov. ... 3 Nov. of the bath presented to tile ameer by Ish agent . ..."
4. Lives of Indian Officers by John William Kaye (1889)
"He hastened there, expecting a kind reception ; the ameer had, however, already left
... An order then came from the ameer that he was to go to the Naib, ..."
5. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1880)
"AFGHANISTAN—NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE ameer MB. ASHBURY asked the Under
Secretary of State for India, Whether Her Majesty's Government has ..."
6. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of the Reverend Christian Frederick by Hugh Pearson (1839)
"... 1792 it became absolutely necessary for the English government again to
interfere for their protection. It appears that the son-in-law of ameer Sing, ..."
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