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noun
The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: viceroy, vicereine
History
From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadêw, xedêw, “lord, master, king”), from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”).
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