Sultan

sul′tan, n. a Mohammedan sovereign, esp. the supreme head of the Ottoman empire: a purple or hyacinthine gallinule, or porphyrio: a small white variety of the domestic hen:— fem. Sultana (sul-tä′na), the mother, a wife, or a daughter of a sultan—also Sul′tane .— ns. Sultana (sul-tä′na), a king's mistre : a kind of viol: an old form of necklace: a small kind of raisin; Sul′tanate , the authority or jurisdiction of a sultan.—adj: Sultan′ic .— n. Sul′tanship . [Ar. sultān , victorious, a ruler.]