单词 | soldan |
释义 | soldann. Now archaic or Historical. 1. a. The supreme ruler of one or other of the great Muslim powers or countries of the Middle Ages; spec. the Sultan of Egypt.The Soldan is sometimes contrasted with the (Great) Turk and with the Sophy of Persia. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > sultan soldan1297 sultan1555 α. attributive.1568 Interlud Droichis Part Play 5 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 316 A sargeand out of sowdoun land.β. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1323 Emperour of alle þe erþe & also þe saudan.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 43 The Sawden and duke of Turkes, the grete malle of Cristen peple.c1500 Melusine (1895) 275 My right redoubted lordes the Sawdants of Barbarye & of Damaske.?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. C.iii As the[y] wryte to the Sodan, than gyueth he them that they dyssyre.γ. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 180 Thei gon to Barbarie ayein, And ther the Souldan for hem sente.1475 Bk. Noblesse 11 The souldone of Babiloyne had waged hym to doo it.1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. D2v That Saladyne the mightie Souldan of Ægipt.1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xliii. 187 Richard..wonne Cypris, Siria, and Ierusalem, debelling quite the Sowldan from his Land.1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 166 This is all that Souldan Saladine hath left of all his Ensignes.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 321 The Mamaluks..were the guard of the Suldans, as the Iannizaries are to the great Turke.δ. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 245 The grete Soldan thanne of Perse.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 313 The Soldan of Babilony.1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 38, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre The Turke by meanse of artillerie, againste the Sophi & the Soldan, hathe had victory.1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. C4 We that haue..stript th' Ægyhtian soldan of his camp.1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. ii. §3. 239 He plainly shewes, that the Soldans of Ægypt were not Lords of the Countrie.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 764 Where Champions bold..at the Soldans chair Defi'd the best of Panim chivalry To mortal combat. View more context for this quotation1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 83 The Soldan, as he fled, Oft call'd on Alla.1742 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. i. iv. 29 The soldan of Egypt, or the Emperor of Rome, might drive his harmless subjects..against their sentiments and inclination.1849 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno v. 52 She held the land which the Soldan rules.1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire v. 84 It [a letter] bids the Soldan withdraw at once from the dominions of Rome.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10901 Þe soudan somdel uor fere Triwes wiþ him nom. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 140 Bode com..How þe fals soudan destroied alle þe lond. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 375 Þei harmen Cristen men more cruely þen þo Soudon of Sarazenes. c1440 Generydes 3942 The Sowdon went ayeyn to his disporte. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. viii. 174 With hym he fond slayne the Sowdan of Surrey. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 66/2 In a stage play all the people know right wel, that he that playeth the sowdayne is percase a sowter. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 87 Feare of treason..to be wrought betwene Saladine the Soudane and king Richard. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xi. 257 James, who, with the aid of the soudan of Egypt,..seized the crown from his sister and the duke. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > governor of Turkish town or village kehaya1594 soldan1660 mudir1844 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 16 A little turret..where the treasure belonging to the Soudan or Governour of the Town is kept. 2. With a and plural. A Muslim ruler; one having the rank of sultan. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > Saracen or Arab ruler admiralc1275 soldanc1380 emir1542 sultan1555 shereef1603 Mir1625 α. γ., δ.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 145 A Soldan whilom was of Perce.1483 Cath. Angl. 348/2 A Soldan, soldanus.1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Vincent of Beauvais in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 55 We saw in the Emperours court..many great Soldanes receiuing no due honour.1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 152 Who..made paiment to his souldans and soldiers.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sultan, a Sultan, or Souldan.1795 R. Southey Vision Maid of Orleans ii. 337 Cæsars and Soldans, Emperors and Kings,..here they were all.1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 136 He could no longer hope to strike down gigantic soldans.1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iv. ii. 161 I had it from an Arab soldan.c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 98 More [harm] þan ony soudon or sarsyn or oþer men of wrong bileue. a1400 K. Alis. (W.) 1781 Darie..holdith riche gestnyng, Of dukes, eorles, amiraylis, And of soudans. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ix. xxii 29 Mightye princes Soudans twayne. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 901 Thow slane hes oft,..of my Counsingis, Soudanis and sib men. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 108 The malignitie and cruell attemptates of the deuelishe rablement, and wicked sowdanes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1297 |
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