Chief and Sultan

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Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

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Sultan and chief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sultan" instead a noun "Chief".

Nearby Word: chiefly

Sultan noun - The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).

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Chief and sultan are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chief" instead a noun "Sultan".

Nearby Words: sultana, sultanate

He overhears three sisters discussing their "If I could have one wish" fantasies, in which one says she'd marry the Sultan's chief baker, the next says she'd marry the chief cook, and the youngest says "Nothing less than the Sultan himself" - so the Sultan decides to make their wishes come true.

Source: King Incognito
Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxelana, who was an important advisor to him after being freed from his harem and becoming the first Haseki Sultan aka "chief wife" to the Ottoman rulers.

Source: Ruling Couple
Then the Sultan's chief vizier turns out to be none other than Hodja Nasreddin in make-up, hiding right under Aslan-Bey's nose, who wants to capture the famous troublemaker.

Source: Literature / The Thief of Baghdad

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