Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prince, lord, or nobleman; a chief, governor, or one having command; specifically, the title of the dominant ruler of Afghanistan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete an independent ruler or chieftan (especially in Africa or Arabia). Same as
emir . - noun One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
emir
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
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Examples
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Plaintiffs also say that Hakim appointed his son-in-law as "ameer" last August, without an election by the congregants.
Archive 2007-05-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007
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After going to great lengths to impress his mentor, the filmmaker in these commercials will happily accept inexplicable rejection and admiringly accepts his new task - taking the studio head's script while spurting out accolades like "ameer" (prince) and "professour" (professor).
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After going to great lengths to impress his mentor, the filmmaker in these commercials will happily accept inexplicable rejection and admiringly accepts his new task - taking the studio head's script while spurting out accolades like "ameer" (prince) and "professour" (professor).
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Meanwhile, Matiur Rahman Nizami's post as ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami could become vacant if he remains absent for six months.
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Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat Abul Kalam Mohammad Yousuf has already been made acting ameer of the party after Nizami's name came into the Gatco graft case.
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Meanwhile, senior Nayeb-e-Ameer Abul Kalam Muhammad Yousuf has been appointed acting ameer.
Dishonesty is no policy : Nizami is in jail,end of the disgraceful drama 2008
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They said that despite the boycott of the party from the last general elections, the district ameer and his coterie worked for an independent candidate in utter violation of the party discipline.
29th Death Anniversary Observed of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Prime Minister of Pakistan 2008
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While being taken away, the Jamaat ameer kept protesting his innocence.
Dishonesty is no policy : Nizami is in jail,end of the disgraceful drama 2008
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The suit seeks not only the removal of the Imam and the ameer, but also an accounting for mosque funds and a new election of trustees by congregation members.
Archive 2007-05-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007
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It took in persons who were more than persons -- personages; it passed over the impassive face of a dark ameer who looked as if he might have stepped from one of the pages of _The Arabian Nights_, and lingered on a box a little farther to one side.
Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham
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