khan
Example Sentences
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Because he could not establish descent from Chinggis, he could not claim the title of khan himself.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
At a kurultai of his family and closest advisers years before Chinggis’ death, Ogedei was chosen to be this great khan.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
London Mayor Sadiq khan said he was “heartbroken” by the news.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2021
There is this story in our family: Near my grandfather’s shop, by the Great Mosque, there was a khan where a mufti named Haji İbrahim—who belonged to the prominent Pirinççizade clan—drank tea.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 29, 2014
And it has no beautiful rugs or pictures of fields, so I am no khan of flowers.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
