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Tamerlane

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Tam⋅er⋅lane

  [tam-er-leyn]
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–noun
(Timur Lenk) 1336?–1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369–1405.
Also, Tamburlaine.
Also called Timour, Timur.
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Tam·er·lane   (tām'ər-lān')   
Mongolian conqueror who led his nomadic hordes from their capital at Samarqand in central Asia to overrun vast areas of Persia, Turkey, Russia, and India.
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