Meaning of Khedive in English

1. Pronunciation

   /kəˈdiv/

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1. Noun

   Khedive

   Etymology

   via French from Ottoman Turkish ḵediv, from Persian ḵadiw‘prince’ (variant of ḵudaiw‘minor god’, from ḵudā‘god’)

   Definitions

   1. one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914