Search for crossword answers and clues
Moslem ruler
Answer for the clue "Moslem ruler ", 4 letters:
rais
Word definitions for rais in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reis \Reis\ (r[imac]s), n. [Ar. ra["i]s head, chief, prince.] A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras .]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rais may refer to: People : Rai people , one Nepal's most ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic groups Saint Rais (died 303), Christian saint Rais, founder of the Raisani , a Pakistani tribe Amber Rais (born 1981), American professional cyclist Amien Rais ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of reis English)
Usage examples of rais.
Dauphin had attempted to deceive Jeanne as to his identity, by hiding among the incredulous and hostile court until recognized at once by her, the Seigneur de Rais had made himself her friend and champion.
De Rais directed him to a limner to have arms emblazoned on his shield.
Jeanne sat her horse that bright morning beside De Rais, waiting for the banner to be brought that she had commanded to be made to her design.
Gwalchmai came out of the fort, with De Rais beside him, both with dripping swords, they saw Jeanne sitting on the ground, holding the head of a wounded English soldier in her lap, cradling him in her arms.
De Rais thrust her behind him, taking the brunt of the missiles upon his excellent armor.
In rode Jeanne, striking hard with the flat of her sword, De Rais at her side slashing brutally, offering no quarter to those who flung down their arms.
Rushing past him through the battle, Gilles de Rais thrust him heavily aside, ran through the firing line, and flung himself down beside Jeanne, covering his girl comrade and leader, and protecting her with his own body.
Gaucourt, almost blind with tears, fumbled their way out through the dead and helped De Rais, who had only minor wounds, bring her in.
August of that same dark year, Gilles de Rais, Marshal of France, visited Gwalchmai, an invalid now, in the laxly besieged town of Compiegne.
De Rais possessed the rights of High and Low justice and, even in Compiegne, might have him slain.
De Rais, acting as guerrilla leader, along with the forces of the old wolf, La Hire, attacked in force.
Gwalchmai and the Lorrainer arrived, to find De Rais moodily staring at the latest scroll, it was the evening of the twenty-fourth of May.
Later, after ostensibly reporting to an imaginary unit, De Rais returned, bought a bottle of wine in the common room, and went upstairs to his friends.
Knowing this to be the customary spot for those who came to enjoy executions, De Rais had insisted upon a room with as good a view of the stands as of the stake.
De Rais was snatching at the faintest gleam of hope in formulating this mad plan.