sultanan.

Brit.

/s(ə)lˈtɑːnə/,

/sʌlˈtɑːnə/, U.S.

/ˌsəlˈtænə/

Forms: Also 1600s sultanna, 1800s sultanah; plural 1600s sultanaes, 1600s–1700s sultana's.

Etymology: < Italian sultana (Spanish sultana, Portuguese sultana) feminine of sultano sultan n.

a. The wife (or a concubine) of a sultan; also, the queen-mother or some other woman of a sultan's family.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > sultan > wife of

soldanessc1386

sultana1585

sultaness1611

sultane1660

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xviii. 51 The Sarail of Sultana, wife to the great Turke.

1599 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) i. 60 One houre after him [sc. the Grand Sinyor] came the Sultana his mother.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. §1. 1581 The Queene, the other Sultanaes, and all the Kings women.

1686 London Gaz. No. 2198/1 The Grand Signior offers all his Treasure to be employed in the War. The Sultana 4000 Purses, of 500 Crowns each.

1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 509 The bright Sultanas of his Court Appear.

1736 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 467/1 A Sultana, inclosed in a Seraglio, shall govern the whole Ottoman Empire.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI lxxxix. 45 Rose the Sultana from a bed of splendour.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 325 Had not Hadassah been a sultana in the seraglio of Xerxes?

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1838 T. Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 232 Took my place in the front of Nell's box, between two very pretty sultanas she had provided for me, Georgiana O'Kelly and Miss Burne.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlviii. 427 The elderly sultanas of our Vanity Fair.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. vii. 68 It was hard..that the matron should be deposed to give place to such a Sultana.

1864 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies: Assyria II. vii. 168 The monarch and his sultana.

2. A mistress, concubine.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress

chevesea700

wifeOE

bed-sister1297

concubine1297

leman1297

file1303

speciala1400

womanc1400

chamberer?a1425

mistress?a1439

cousin1470

doxy?1515

doll1560

pinnacea1568

nobsya1575

lier-by1583

sweetheart1589

she-friend1600

miss1606

underput1607

concupy1609

lig-by1610

factoress1611

leveret1617

night-piece1621

belly-piece1632

dolly1648

lie-bya1656

madamc1660

small girl1671

natural1674

convenient1676

lady of the lake1678

pure1688

tackle1688

sultana1703

kind girl1712

bosom-slave1728

pop1785

chère amie1792

fancy-woman1819

hetaera1820

fancy-piece1821

poplolly1821

secondary wife1847

other woman1855

fancy-girl1892

querida1902

wifelet1983

1703 G. Farquhar Twin-rivals v. i. 60 I'll visit my Sultana in state.

1796 C. Smith Marchmont I. 78 A person who in youth only was superior to his reigning Sultana.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 10 The favourite sultana of the last laird, as scandal went—the house-keeper of the present.

1885 J. F. Molloy Royalty Restored II. 83 Her card tables were thronged by courtiers eager to squander large sums for the honour of playing with the reigning sultana.

figurative.1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 3) 2 The Rose,..Sultana of the Nightingale.1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vi. 58 Oh! thou bright moon!.. Shine on.., Sultana of the soul!

†3. = sultanin n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sultanin, or Sultana, a Turkish coin of gold worth about Seven shillings six pence.

†4. = sultane n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other

stolec950

paramentc1385

stolea1387

vestmentc1386

chimer1487

shemewe1517

parliament1537

Turkey gown1558

slop1570

blue gown1578

dolman1585

palliament1593

synthesis1606

vest1613

paramentoa1640

brandenburgh1676

khilat1684

spagnoleta1685

sultanea1685

sultana1693

garter-robes1702

under-robe1725

wrapper1725

stola1728

talar1738

negligée1755

jama1776

dust-gown1802

yukata1822

manga1824

gandoura1851

pheran1851

riga1851

shamma1862

choga1869

kanzu1870

kimono1886

holoku1893

mammy-cloth1952

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlvi. 375 Those great Ladies..with their Flandan, Top-knots and Sultana's.

1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer ii. i [It] wou'd as ill become me, as a Sultana does a fat body.

†5. A Turkish war-vessel. (Cf. sultane n. 4) Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > other types of war vessel

ramberge1656

sultane1695

scout1703

sultana1728

scooter1919

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Sultana is also a Turkish Vessel.

1733 E. Budgell Bee I. 74 The Grand Seignior is equipping a Squadron of Ten Sultana's.

1738 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 167/2 The Fleet for the Black Sea will be reinforc'd by several Sultanas.

1810 Naval Chron. 24 377 The term Sultana is a nonentity.]

1935 P. P. Argenti Occup. Chios by Venetians p. xxxix [1694] The enemy fleet..consisted of twenty great sultanas, and thirty galleys and galliots, all under the command of the Capoudàn Pasha.

6. Any bird belonging to either of the genera Porphyrio and Ionornis, found chiefly in the West Indies, southern U.S.A., and Australia; the purple gallinule or porphyrio. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > porphyrio porphyrio (swamp hen)

porphyrioa1425

purple gallinule1782

purple water-hen1790

pukeko1835

sultana1837

swamp hen1848

1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 609/2 Sultana Hen (Gallinula porphyrio).

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 249 The Common Sultana (Fulica porphyrio, Lin.), a beautiful African species.

1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 297 The Hyacinthine Gallinule..or Sultana Fowl, is..an exaggeration of the Water Hen.

1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia xiv. iv Black Sultana-birds.

7. In full sultana raisin: A kind of small seedless raisin produced in the neighbourhood of Smyrna and other parts of Turkey, Greece, and Australia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > dried fruit > [noun] > raisin > types of raisin

raisins of Corauntz?c1390

small raisinc1485

currantc1503

Malaga raisin1629

muscatel1803

bloom1841

sultana raisin1841

Smyrna1845

Valencia1867

1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 274/1 Muscatels, blooms, sultanas, raisins of the sun, and lexias.

1855 E. Acton Mod. Cookery (rev. ed.) xxi. 442 Sultana raisins are well adapted to these puddings, as they contain no pips.

1873 Punch 27 Dec. 262/1 Oysters, forcemeat balls, plovers' eggs, and Sultana raisins.

1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 258/2 Sultana seedless raisins are the produce of a small variety of yellow grape.

1920 C. L. T. Beeching Mod. Grocer & Provision Dealer III. viii. 163 The sultana raisin may be said to share in the good qualities of both the currant and the Valencia.

1938 C. J. Elliott Retail Grocery Trade xii. 108 The Australian sultana is a little larger than the Turkey and Smyrna variety.

1966 A. Uttley Recipes from Old Farmhouse 58 Add one ounce of sugar and one ounce of sultanas.

8. A confection of sugar.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > sugar confections

sugar roset1363

sugar-work1572

sugar snow1611

moss1706

sugar puffa1711

silver web1769

sultana1862

chip1876

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sultane (Fr.),..among Confectioners, a kind of Sugar-work made of Eggs, Powder-sugar, and fine Flower.]

1862 C. E. Francatelli Royal Eng. & Foreign Confectioner 282 A Sultana made of Spun Sugar in the form of a Summer Bower.

9. (See quot. 1876.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > other types of violin

gue1809

Hardanger fiddle1843

Hardanger violin1843

sarangi1851

gusle1869

sultana1876

erhu1908

phonofiddle1923

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 412/1 Sultana, a violin with strings of wire in pairs, like the cither or cittern. It was similar to the Streichzither.

10. = busy Lizzie n. at busy adj. Compounds 2; patient Lucy n. at patient adj. and n. Compounds 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > balsam and allied flowers

noli me tangere1563

balsam apple1578

touch-me-not1659

eagle-flower1718

balsam1736

quick-in-hand1744

Capuchin1756

balsamine1785

impatiens1785

jewelweed1817

snap-weed1823

lady's slipper1836

busy Lizzie1938

sultana1938

patient Lucy1940

policeman's helmet1950

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxvi. 360 The church was decorated with..donations of house plants; sultanas and geraniums, aspidistras and coleas [sic].

1977 K. Beckett & G. Beckett Illustr. Encycl. Indoor Plants 110/2 Busy Lizzie; Patient Lucy; Sultana. A familiar house plant, native to tropical Africa.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations: (See also 6, 7.)

sultana grape n. the white seedless grape from which sultanas are made.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > grape > types of grapes

muscadel1517

muscadine1598

olive grape1601

grapeletc1620

burlace1629

muscat1655

grapeling1694

chasselas1699

wild grape1770

scuppernong1811

Roussanne1824

Cannonau1828

labrusca1854

Concord grape1858

sultana grape1861

dyer1865

vinifera1888

Chardonnay1934

Gewürztraminer1940

Cabernet1946

brunello1966

Rondinella1970

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of

labruscaa1398

muscadel1517

muscadine1598

olive grape1601

grapeletc1620

burlace1629

frontignaca1642

fox-grape1648

verjuice grape1648

muscat1655

morillon1691

muscatel1691

grapeling1694

chasselas1699

muscadella1707

frontignan1756

Morocco1763

Pineau1763

Malaga1769

wild grape1770

Nebbiolo1788

Macabeo1794

Malbec1833

Hamburg grape1838

muscadel1852

Concord grape1858

garnacha1860

sultana grape1861

Canaiolo1862

dyer1865

Sémillon1875

Bual1882

lady's finger1892

Grignolino1894

Tokay grape1896

Durif1897

Morocco grape1908

Viognier1908

gros Colmar1927

Montepulciano1927

Shiraz1927

Verdicchio1940

Cinsault1945

Müller-Thurgau1951

Mavrud1959

Pinotage1964

Mavron1965

Syrah1969

Parellada1979

1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxvii. 666 Sultana Grape... The white or yellow grape..produces the Sultana raisin.

1931 C. L. T. Beeching Law's Grocer's Man. (ed. 3) 513/2 The vine which grows the sultana grape is vigorous and upright.

1979 Illustr. London News Jan. 66/3 The sultana grape vineyards start a few kilometres to the east of Ayios Nikolaos.

sultana mother n. the mother of the reigning sultan.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > sultan > mother of

sultaness mother1682

sultana mother1695

1695 London Gaz. No. 3088/2 Who was advanced to that Station by the Interest of the Sultana Mother.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea IV. xii. 105 The greatest part..he sent to the sultan, the sultana mother, and the kislar aga.

sultana queen n. the favourite concubine of a sultan; hence, a favourite mistress; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend > favourite mistress

sultana queen1668

1668 J. Dryden Secret-love iii. i. 33 You are my Sultana Queen, the rest are but in the nature of your Slaves.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. i. 6 The victim of sauntering, his sultana queen.

Derivatives

sulˈtanaship n. the position of a sultana.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > sultan > wife of > position of

sultanaship1847

1847 G. P. R. James Russell vi ‘Very well, then,’ he rejoined, with a bitter sneer, ‘you will soon be one of a harem! I wish you joy of your sultanaship!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sultana
释义	sultanan. Brit. /s(ə)lˈtɑːnə/, /sʌlˈtɑːnə/, U.S. /ˌsəlˈtænə/ Forms: Also 1600s sultanna, 1800s sultanah; plural 1600s sultanaes, 1600s–1700s sultana's. Etymology: < Italian sultana (Spanish sultana, Portuguese sultana) feminine of sultano sultan n. 1. a. The wife (or a concubine) of a sultan; also, the queen-mother or some other woman of a sultan's family. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > sultan > wife of soldanessc1386 sultana1585 sultaness1611 sultane1660 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xviii. 51 The Sarail of Sultana, wife to the great Turke. 1599 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) i. 60 One houre after him [sc. the Grand Sinyor] came the Sultana his mother. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. §1. 1581 The Queene, the other Sultanaes, and all the Kings women. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2198/1 The Grand Signior offers all his Treasure to be employed in the War. The Sultana 4000 Purses, of 500 Crowns each. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 509 The bright Sultanas of his Court Appear. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 467/1 A Sultana, inclosed in a Seraglio, shall govern the whole Ottoman Empire. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI lxxxix. 45 Rose the Sultana from a bed of splendour. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 325 Had not Hadassah been a sultana in the seraglio of Xerxes? b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1838 T. Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 232 Took my place in the front of Nell's box, between two very pretty sultanas she had provided for me, Georgiana O'Kelly and Miss Burne. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlviii. 427 The elderly sultanas of our Vanity Fair. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. vii. 68 It was hard..that the matron should be deposed to give place to such a Sultana. 1864 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies: Assyria II. vii. 168 The monarch and his sultana. 2. A mistress, concubine. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress chevesea700 wifeOE bed-sister1297 concubine1297 leman1297 file1303 speciala1400 womanc1400 chamberer?a1425 mistress?a1439 cousin1470 doxy?1515 doll1560 pinnacea1568 nobsya1575 lier-by1583 sweetheart1589 she-friend1600 miss1606 underput1607 concupy1609 lig-by1610 factoress1611 leveret1617 night-piece1621 belly-piece1632 dolly1648 lie-bya1656 madamc1660 small girl1671 natural1674 convenient1676 lady of the lake1678 pure1688 tackle1688 sultana1703 kind girl1712 bosom-slave1728 pop1785 chère amie1792 fancy-woman1819 hetaera1820 fancy-piece1821 poplolly1821 secondary wife1847 other woman1855 fancy-girl1892 querida1902 wifelet1983 1703 G. Farquhar Twin-rivals v. i. 60 I'll visit my Sultana in state. 1796 C. Smith Marchmont I. 78 A person who in youth only was superior to his reigning Sultana. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 10 The favourite sultana of the last laird, as scandal went—the house-keeper of the present. 1885 J. F. Molloy Royalty Restored II. 83 Her card tables were thronged by courtiers eager to squander large sums for the honour of playing with the reigning sultana. figurative.1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 3) 2 The Rose,..Sultana of the Nightingale.1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vi. 58 Oh! thou bright moon!.. Shine on.., Sultana of the soul! †3. = sultanin n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sultanin, or Sultana, a Turkish coin of gold worth about Seven shillings six pence. †4. = sultane n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other stolec950 paramentc1385 stolea1387 vestmentc1386 chimer1487 shemewe1517 parliament1537 Turkey gown1558 slop1570 blue gown1578 dolman1585 palliament1593 synthesis1606 vest1613 paramentoa1640 brandenburgh1676 khilat1684 spagnoleta1685 sultanea1685 sultana1693 garter-robes1702 under-robe1725 wrapper1725 stola1728 talar1738 negligée1755 jama1776 dust-gown1802 yukata1822 manga1824 gandoura1851 pheran1851 riga1851 shamma1862 choga1869 kanzu1870 kimono1886 holoku1893 mammy-cloth1952 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlvi. 375 Those great Ladies..with their Flandan, Top-knots and Sultana's. 1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer ii. i [It] wou'd as ill become me, as a Sultana does a fat body. †5. A Turkish war-vessel. (Cf. sultane n. 4) Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > other types of war vessel ramberge1656 sultane1695 scout1703 sultana1728 scooter1919 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Sultana is also a Turkish Vessel. 1733 E. Budgell Bee I. 74 The Grand Seignior is equipping a Squadron of Ten Sultana's. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 167/2 The Fleet for the Black Sea will be reinforc'd by several Sultanas. 1810 Naval Chron. 24 377 The term Sultana is a nonentity.] 1935 P. P. Argenti Occup. Chios by Venetians p. xxxix [1694] The enemy fleet..consisted of twenty great sultanas, and thirty galleys and galliots, all under the command of the Capoudàn Pasha. 6. Any bird belonging to either of the genera Porphyrio and Ionornis, found chiefly in the West Indies, southern U.S.A., and Australia; the purple gallinule or porphyrio. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > porphyrio porphyrio (swamp hen) porphyrioa1425 purple gallinule1782 purple water-hen1790 pukeko1835 sultana1837 swamp hen1848 1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 609/2 Sultana Hen (Gallinula porphyrio). 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 249 The Common Sultana (Fulica porphyrio, Lin.), a beautiful African species. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 297 The Hyacinthine Gallinule..or Sultana Fowl, is..an exaggeration of the Water Hen. 1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia xiv. iv Black Sultana-birds. 7. In full sultana raisin: A kind of small seedless raisin produced in the neighbourhood of Smyrna and other parts of Turkey, Greece, and Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > dried fruit > [noun] > raisin > types of raisin raisins of Corauntz?c1390 small raisinc1485 currantc1503 Malaga raisin1629 muscatel1803 bloom1841 sultana raisin1841 Smyrna1845 Valencia1867 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 274/1 Muscatels, blooms, sultanas, raisins of the sun, and lexias. 1855 E. Acton Mod. Cookery (rev. ed.) xxi. 442 Sultana raisins are well adapted to these puddings, as they contain no pips. 1873 Punch 27 Dec. 262/1 Oysters, forcemeat balls, plovers' eggs, and Sultana raisins. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 258/2 Sultana seedless raisins are the produce of a small variety of yellow grape. 1920 C. L. T. Beeching Mod. Grocer & Provision Dealer III. viii. 163 The sultana raisin may be said to share in the good qualities of both the currant and the Valencia. 1938 C. J. Elliott Retail Grocery Trade xii. 108 The Australian sultana is a little larger than the Turkey and Smyrna variety. 1966 A. Uttley Recipes from Old Farmhouse 58 Add one ounce of sugar and one ounce of sultanas. 8. A confection of sugar. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > sugar confections sugar roset1363 sugar-work1572 sugar snow1611 moss1706 sugar puffa1711 silver web1769 sultana1862 chip1876 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sultane (Fr.),..among Confectioners, a kind of Sugar-work made of Eggs, Powder-sugar, and fine Flower.] 1862 C. E. Francatelli Royal Eng. & Foreign Confectioner 282 A Sultana made of Spun Sugar in the form of a Summer Bower. 9. (See quot. 1876.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > other types of violin gue1809 Hardanger fiddle1843 Hardanger violin1843 sarangi1851 gusle1869 sultana1876 erhu1908 phonofiddle1923 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 412/1 Sultana, a violin with strings of wire in pairs, like the cither or cittern. It was similar to the Streichzither. 10. = busy Lizzie n. at busy adj. Compounds 2; patient Lucy n. at patient adj. and n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > balsam and allied flowers noli me tangere1563 balsam apple1578 touch-me-not1659 eagle-flower1718 balsam1736 quick-in-hand1744 Capuchin1756 balsamine1785 impatiens1785 jewelweed1817 snap-weed1823 lady's slipper1836 busy Lizzie1938 sultana1938 patient Lucy1940 policeman's helmet1950 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxvi. 360 The church was decorated with..donations of house plants; sultanas and geraniums, aspidistras and coleas [sic]. 1977 K. Beckett & G. Beckett Illustr. Encycl. Indoor Plants 110/2 Busy Lizzie; Patient Lucy; Sultana. A familiar house plant, native to tropical Africa. Compounds attributive and in other combinations: (See also 6, 7.) sultana grape n. the white seedless grape from which sultanas are made. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > grape > types of grapes muscadel1517 muscadine1598 olive grape1601 grapeletc1620 burlace1629 muscat1655 grapeling1694 chasselas1699 wild grape1770 scuppernong1811 Roussanne1824 Cannonau1828 labrusca1854 Concord grape1858 sultana grape1861 dyer1865 vinifera1888 Chardonnay1934 Gewürztraminer1940 Cabernet1946 brunello1966 Rondinella1970 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of labruscaa1398 muscadel1517 muscadine1598 olive grape1601 grapeletc1620 burlace1629 frontignaca1642 fox-grape1648 verjuice grape1648 muscat1655 morillon1691 muscatel1691 grapeling1694 chasselas1699 muscadella1707 frontignan1756 Morocco1763 Pineau1763 Malaga1769 wild grape1770 Nebbiolo1788 Macabeo1794 Malbec1833 Hamburg grape1838 muscadel1852 Concord grape1858 garnacha1860 sultana grape1861 Canaiolo1862 dyer1865 Sémillon1875 Bual1882 lady's finger1892 Grignolino1894 Tokay grape1896 Durif1897 Morocco grape1908 Viognier1908 gros Colmar1927 Montepulciano1927 Shiraz1927 Verdicchio1940 Cinsault1945 Müller-Thurgau1951 Mavrud1959 Pinotage1964 Mavron1965 Syrah1969 Parellada1979 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxvii. 666 Sultana Grape... The white or yellow grape..produces the Sultana raisin. 1931 C. L. T. Beeching Law's Grocer's Man. (ed. 3) 513/2 The vine which grows the sultana grape is vigorous and upright. 1979 Illustr. London News Jan. 66/3 The sultana grape vineyards start a few kilometres to the east of Ayios Nikolaos. sultana mother n. the mother of the reigning sultan. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > sultan > mother of sultaness mother1682 sultana mother1695 1695 London Gaz. No. 3088/2 Who was advanced to that Station by the Interest of the Sultana Mother. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea IV. xii. 105 The greatest part..he sent to the sultan, the sultana mother, and the kislar aga. sultana queen n. the favourite concubine of a sultan; hence, a favourite mistress; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend > favourite mistress sultana queen1668 1668 J. Dryden Secret-love iii. i. 33 You are my Sultana Queen, the rest are but in the nature of your Slaves. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. i. 6 The victim of sauntering, his sultana queen. Derivatives sulˈtanaship n. the position of a sultana. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > sultan > wife of > position of sultanaship1847 1847 G. P. R. James Russell vi ‘Very well, then,’ he rejoined, with a bitter sneer, ‘you will soon be one of a harem! I wish you joy of your sultanaship!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1585
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