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noun an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
originFrom Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira.
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