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Amir   Listen
noun
Amir, Ameer  n.  
1.
An independent ruler or chieftan (especially in Africa or Arabia). Same as Emir. (Obs.)
Synonyms: emir, amir, emeer
2.
One of the Muslim nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.





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"Amir" Quotes from Famous Books



... strange that the matter had not been taken out of his hands, but it wasn't. A sort of departmental formula running; "Commissioner So-and-So has the matter in hand—refer to him." And so, when a new danger appeared on the distressed horizon, Amir Khan and a hundred thousand massed horsemen, Captain Barlow was sent to consult with the Resident. That was the way; a secretive, trusty, brave man, for in India the written page is ...
— Caste • W. A. Fraser
... consciences plastic Come by much more than their own? Made they mots, as "There to-day is No more Himalayehs," Or, if you prefer it, "There to-day are No more Himalaya?" Or, said the Akhoond, "Sah, L'Etat de Swat c'est moi?" Khabu, did there come great fear On thy Khabuldozed Ameer Ali Shere? Or did the Khan of far Kashgar Tremble at the menace hot Of the Moolla of Kotal, "I will extirpate thee, pal Of my foe the Akhoond of Swat?" Who knows Of Moolla and Akhoond aught more than I did? Namely, in life they rivals were, or foes, And in ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various


Words linked to "Amir" :   Othman I, Osman I, swayer, ruler, Arabian Peninsula, Africa


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