Sultan

n.

1.

A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; - officially so called. Sultan flower (Bot.) See Sweet sultan, under Sweet.

Noun

1.

sultan - the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) Synonyms: grand Turk

SULTAN. The title of the Turkish sovereign and other Mahometan princes.

grand Turk, ruler, Saladin, Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub, swayer