Sultan vs. Emperor

Sultannoun

(historical) The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.

Sultannoun

A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

Sultannoun

(card games) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.

Sultannoun

A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)

Sultannoun

A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; - officially so called.

Sultannoun

the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)

Sultan

Sultan (; Arabic: سلطان‎ sulṭān, pronounced [sʊlˈtˤɑːn, solˈtˤɑːn]) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning , , , derived from the verbal noun سلطة sulṭah, meaning or .

Emperornoun

The male monarch or ruler of an empire.

Emperornoun

(political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.

Emperornoun

The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.

Emperornoun

A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.

Emperornoun

Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.

Emperornoun

(entomology) Any various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.

Emperornoun

The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; - a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.

Emperornoun

the male ruler of an empire

Emperornoun

red table grape of California

Emperornoun

large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings

Emperornoun

large richly colored butterfly

Emperornoun

a sovereign ruler of an empire

Emperornoun

an orange and brown North American butterfly with a swift dodging flight, breeding chiefly on hackberries.

Emperor

An emperor (from Latin: imperator, via Old French: empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother (empress dowager), or a woman who rules in her own right (empress regnant).