Tamerlane

[ tam-er-leyn ]

/ ˈtæm ərˌleɪn /

noun

Timur Lenk,1336?–1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369–1405.

Also Tamburlaine.

Also called Timour, Timur.

Definition for timur (2 of 2)

Timour

or Ti·mur

[ ti-moo r ]

/ tɪˈmʊər /

noun

Tamerlane.

Example sentences from the Web for timur

Timur rose hastily from his seat, and flew to him as a lioness who discovers her lost cubs.

In Love With the Czarina and Other Stories |Mr Jkai
She saw a flame, with the face of Timur the Lame in it, descend into my body.

Caravans By Night |Harry Hervey
When it was daylight, Timur caused twenty-four huge machines, used for flinging blocks of stone, to be brought into operation.

In Love With the Czarina and Other Stories |Mr Jkai
Both Bajazet and Timur Lenk did what no conqueror of the world ever did before or after them.

In Love With the Czarina and Other Stories |Mr Jkai

Timur conducted his campaigns with a ruthless disregard of life and property.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for timur (1 of 2)

Timur

Timour

/ (tiːˈmʊə) /

noun

See Tamerlane

British Dictionary definitions for timur (2 of 2)

Tamerlane

Tamburlaine

/ (ˈtæməˌleɪn) /

noun

Turkic name Timur (tiːˈmʊə). ?1336–1405, Mongol conqueror of the area from Mongolia to the Mediterranean; ruler of Samarkand (1369–1405). He defeated the Turks at Angora (1402) and died while invading China

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Tamerlane

noun

Definition for timur (2 of 2)

or Ti·mur

noun

Example sentences from the Web for timur

British Dictionary definitions for timur (1 of 2)

Timour

noun

British Dictionary definitions for timur (2 of 2)

Tamburlaine

noun