emeer

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun emeer has 1 sense

emeer(n = noun.person) ameer, amir, emir - an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia);

is a kind of ruler, swayer

has particulars: osman i, othman i

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CIDE DICTIONARY

emeer, n.

Same as Emir. [1913 Webster]

emeer, n. [Ar. emīr, amīr, commander: cf. F. émir. Cf. Admiral, Ameer.].

An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.