shah of iran

English Thesaurus

1. title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran (noun.person)

hypernym	:	crowned head, monarch, sovereign,
definition	:	a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	mohammed reza pahlavi, mohammed reza pahlevi, pahlavi, pahlevi, shah pahlavi,
definition	:	Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980) (noun.person)