The Collaborative International Dictionary
                    Sowdan
                    
                        
                
                                                                    Sowdan \Sow"dan\, n. [F. soudan. See  Soldan.]
   Sultan. [Obs.] 
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
                    sowdan
                    
                        
                
                                                                    n. (obsolete form of sultan English)