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SALADIN
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• SALADIN (noun)
The noun SALADIN has 1 sense:
1. sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
Familiarity information: SALADIN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Saladin; Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub
Instance hypernyms:
grand Turk; sultan (the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire))
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