khan

noun

A ruler, an official, or an important person in India and some central Asian countries.

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A medieval ruler of a Mongol, Tatar, or Turkish tribe.

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A caravansary in certain Asian countries.

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One of a class of unfurnished inns in Turkish and some other Oriental lands, generally belonging to the government.

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The title of sovereign princes in Tatar countries, whose dominions are known as khanates, and of nomadic chiefs and various state officers in Persia; also, one of the titles of the. sultan of Turkey.

noun

A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; — so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.

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An Eastern inn or caravansary.

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a caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan

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after Genghis Khan, a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages

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an Ottoman sultan