Skip to main content

khedive

/kuh-deev/US // kəˈdiv //UK // (kɪˈdiːv) //

赫迪夫

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the title of the Turkish viceroys in Egypt from 1867 to 1914.

Examples

  • The Khedive of Egypt persuades himself that the success of the equilateral will silence his local political rivals.

  • Strong as this truculent leader was in men and money, the Khedive Ismail did not believe that he would dare to resist his power.

  • The Khedive, having no available means of bringing his rebellious dependent to reason, had to acquiesce in the defeat of his army.

  • Gordon's plan would have saved the Khedive's Government £400, but he had to give way to the proprieties.

  • The main buttress of the Khedive's authority in this region was therefore hollow and erected on an insecure foundation.

  • Rionga passed his hours in native excesses, in the joy of receiving the titular rank of Vakil to the Khedive.