† sultanen.
Obsolete.
1. = sultana n. 1.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > sultan > wife of
soldanessc1386
sultana1585
sultaness1611
sultane1660
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 79 The King..gave them great commands in his Army,..one of them married the Sultane of Bisnegar.
1694 London Gaz. No. 2986/2 The Grand Signior and all the Sultanes coming to the Wedding.
2. = sultanin n.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Turkish coins
zecchino1572
serapha1576
manghir1585
chequina1587
asper1587
sultane1612
sultanina1613
sultanya1613
sherifi1615
piastre1617
sequin1617
sultana1656
sultaness1661
para1687
medjidie1855
kurus1882
metalik1895
1612 Proclam. James I 14 May For Sultaines being xxiij. Carrots, i. graine fine, at least the ounce. iij.li. viij.s. viij.d.
1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 768/2 A Sultain of Gold.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 301 Fiue Sultans of gold..amounting to thirty fiue shillings sterling.
1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vii. 91 A Sultane, i.e. nine or ten Shillings.
3. A rich gown trimmed with buttons and loops, fashionable in the late seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries.
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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
a1685 M. Evelyn Mundus Muliebris (1690) 2 Nor demy Sultane, Spagnolet, Nor Fringe to sweep the Mall forget.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2498/4 A black Sultan with gold buttons and loops.
1732 J. Gay Distress'd Wife v. vii My Lady will travel in her Sultane, I suppose.
1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher I. 183 Her muslin Sultane.
4. A Turkish war-vessel.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > other types of war vessel
ramberge1656
sultane1695
scout1703
sultana1728
scooter1919
1695 London Gaz. No. 3128/1 Two of the Enemies Ships, called Sultanes, were sunk.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4940/1 All the Fleet is return'd.., except six Sultans and two Gallies remaining with the Captain-Basha.
5. A sofa, settee. (Cf. ottoman n.2)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun]
reclinatoryc1425
crabat1483
coucha1500
daybed1597
squab1664
repose1685
settee1716
sofa1717
long chair1750
duchesse1794
canapé1795
chaise-longue1800
sultane1803
chaise lounge1807
lounge1830
dormeuse1865
takht1884
méridienne1925
Berbice1951
lounger1964
1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw xxvi I shall have an excuse to squeeze into the Sultane which is so ‘happy as to bear the weight of Beaufort.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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