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sultan
noun
[ ˈsʌlt(ə)n ]
• a Muslim sovereign.
• a bird of a breed of white domestic chicken from Turkey.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French, or from medieval Latin sultanus, from Arabic sulṭān ‘power, ruler’.