khedive

Meaning

Noun

  • the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805-1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.

Origin

  • From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو, from Persian خدیو ("lord, master, king"), from Bactrian χοαδηο ("lord").

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