Explore Tamerlane through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like tamburlaine or timur. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tamerlane in a sentence
Tamerlane meaning
a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
Synonyms of Tamerlane
Using Tamerlane
- The main meaning on this page is: a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
- Useful related words include: tamburlaine, timur, timur lenk, ruler.
- In the example corpus, tamerlane often appears in combinations such as: tamerlane and, poems tamerlane.
Context around Tamerlane
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tamerlane
- In this selection, "tamerlane" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, poems, great, recently, left, ventures and stormed stand out and add context to how "tamerlane" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bill wolfe tamerlane and other and by timur tamerlane that began. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tamerlane" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tamerlane
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1402, Tamerlane stormed the town and massacred almost all the inhabitants. (12 words)
However, after Tamerlane's death Jews endured harsh treatment, strict Muslim authorities enacted humiliating and restrictive rules forbidding Jews from living outside the Jewish quarter. (25 words)
It became part of the Timurids from the 14th century to the 15th century, a dynasty founded by Timur (Tamerlane) that began rebuilding cities and towns. (26 words)
Khan of the Golden Horde Tokhtamysh was also buried there, and the great Tamerlane left the memory of his stay in the spring of 1391 on the stone slab of the Ulytau mountain Altynshoky. (34 words)
One volume forever eluded him, said his friend and business partner Bill Wolfe: “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” an extremely rare pamphlet of verse by Edgar Allan Poe, published anonymously in 1827. (31 words)
The book once again reprinted the long poems "Tamerlane" and "Al Aaraaf" but also six previously unpublished poems, including early versions of " To Helen ", " Israfel ", and " The City in the Sea ". (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
Khan of the Golden Horde Tokhtamysh was also buried there, and the great Tamerlane left the memory of his stay in the spring of 1391 on the stone slab of the Ulytau mountain Altynshoky.
Noranda Explorations first explored the site in the early 1990s, and more recently, Tamerlane Ventures attempted to lease the land for mining purposes just a couple years back.
One volume forever eluded him, said his friend and business partner Bill Wolfe: “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” an extremely rare pamphlet of verse by Edgar Allan Poe, published anonymously in 1827.
However, after Tamerlane's death Jews endured harsh treatment, strict Muslim authorities enacted humiliating and restrictive rules forbidding Jews from living outside the Jewish quarter.
In 1402, Tamerlane stormed the town and massacred almost all the inhabitants.
It became part of the Timurids from the 14th century to the 15th century, a dynasty founded by Timur (Tamerlane) that began rebuilding cities and towns.
It was at this time that his publishing career began, albeit humbly, with the anonymous collection of poems Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian".
Painting in Iran is thought to have reached a climax during the Tamerlane era, when outstanding masters such as Kamaleddin Behzad gave birth to a new style of painting.
The book once again reprinted the long poems "Tamerlane" and "Al Aaraaf" but also six previously unpublished poems, including early versions of " To Helen ", " Israfel ", and " The City in the Sea ".
Common combinations with tamerlane
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: