Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun See
Tamerlane .
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Timour is confounded, at least by the females, 7 with the Imperial stem.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Getes, whom he repulsed with incredible slaughter, and his enemies were forced to exclaim, “Timour is a wonderful man: fortune and the divine favor are with him.”
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Timour, is styled the Kaissar of Roum, the Caesar of the Romans;
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Persia: since our connection with India, the genuine Timour is restored to the throne of Tamerlane: our most correct writers have retrenched the Al, the superfluous article, from the Koran; and we escape an ambiguous termination, by adopting Moslem instead of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Tamerlane, generally called Timour the Tartar; both the hilt and scabbard were richly adorned with diamonds and emeralds, but I thought more of the man than I did of them, for he was the greatest conqueror the world ever saw (I have spoken of him in _Lavengro_ in the chapter about David Haggart).
George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891
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His real name was Timour, but as he was lamed in battle when a youth he was generally called Timour the Lame, and this name was gradually changed to Tamerlane.
Famous Men of the Middle Ages Addison B. Poland 1885
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a young warrior known as Timour the Tartar, or Tamerlane, as he is more frequently called in historical works.
Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880
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Some hissing was heard at the commencement of the new drama, and placards were exhibited in the pit condemning the horses; but in the end "Timour" triumphed over all opposition, and rivalled the run of "Blue Beard."
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856
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His _Tamburlaine the Great_ is based upon the history of that _Timour
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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Leuk_, or _Timour the Lame_, the great Oriental conqueror of the fourteenth century:
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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