chams

/CH AE1 M Z/
noun
  1. 1

    An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.

    โ€œ1997: "Sitting at a table, drinking Ale, observing the Mist throโ€™ the Window-Panes, Mason forty-five, the Cham sixty-four." โ€” Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixonโ€

noun
  1. 1

    A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

  2. 2

    An Ottoman sultan.

  3. 3

    A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

noun
  1. 1

    A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cham, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chams, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/khan