Definition of "soldan" [sol•dan]

• A sultan in Egypt. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "[Illustration] The "soldan" is king Philip II. of Spain; "Mercilla" is queen Elizabeth; "Adicia" is Injustice personified, or the bigotry of popery; and "Samient" the ambassadors of Holland, who went to Philip for redress of grievances, and were most iniquitously detained by him as prisoners."
• "For Adrea is now the wife of the soldan-shah and mother of his adopted son . . ."
• "“So, if men would but stand stock still like your soldan, you would play the tyrant with them, Master Proudfute?”"