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A ruler, an official, or an important person in India and some central Asian countries.

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Usage examples (32)
  • For a khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.
  • Arriving at Cairo, I went to the khan, called the khan of
  • But lo! the neat white cottage was a guardhouse, and our khan was the rude, unpainted, windowless barn.
  • The "habitation of Chimham" (Jer. 41: 17) was probably an inn or khan, which is the proper meaning of the
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