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Definition of Sultanesses
1. sultaness [n] - See also: sultaness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sultanesses
Literary usage of Sultanesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1821)
"The sultanesses are no contemptible cooks, and they made every- evening an
excellent supper for their master.. When no fire is to be had, ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1821)
"The sultanesses are no contemptible cooks, and they made every evening an excellent
supper for their master. When no fire is to be had, ..."
3. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"Eastern Sultans and sultanesses, in turbans and waving plumes, were admired;
Roxana and Statira were two of the most successful tragedy queens of the time. ..."
4. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"On the walls hang Tapestries : *Marriage of Roderigo arid Angelica, after Coypel (in
admirable preservation) ; Toilet and Work of sultanesses, after Van Loo ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1843)
"... living pictures of the Arabian Nights as fresh before us as when they first
kindled our youthful blood with delight and wonder; sultans and sultanesses, ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1836)
"Oh I happy sultanesses! time may come, When to your s-uyar you may add some rwti-,
For NICHOLAS, who lives upon the Baltic, Looks at the Sultan's debt, ..."
7. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"... and Work of sultanesses, after Van Loo. Pastels arid Gouaches. Magnificent 'Cabinets
in the .style of Louis XVI., ..."
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