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amir

Noun

a=mir

WORDNET DICTIONARY

amir(n = noun.person) ameer, emeer, emir - an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia); Array

is a kind of ruler, swayer

has particulars: osman i, othman i

amir, n. [See Emir.].

an independent ruler or chieftan (especially in Africa or Arabia). Same as Emir. [1913 Webster]
One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde. [1913 Webster]

amir, n.

Same as Ameer. [1913 Webster]

amir, n. (also ameer) the title of some Arab rulers.

Etymology

Arab. ' amir commander f. amara command: cf. EMIR

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