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firmans

firmans is the plural of firman.

Meaning of firman

Noun

firman (plural firmans)

  1. (historical) a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
    • his Sublimity's firman, The most imperative of sovereign spells, / Which every body does without who can […]1821 August 8, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto IV, (please specify the stanza number)

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Questions about firmans

What is firmans the plural of?
Firmans is the plural of firman.

Words near firmans in the dictionary

  1. firmament-wards
  2. firmamental
  3. firmamentary
  4. firmaments
  5. firman
  6. firmans
  7. firmaun
  8. firmauns
  9. firmed
  10. firmed up
  11. firmer

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