Arabian aristocrat

The answer to “Arabian aristocrat” in the The Washington Post crossword is EMIR — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on September 25, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 21-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Arabian aristocrat” answer

EMIR (4 letters)

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What does EMIR mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of EMIR is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Arabian aristocrat” appeared?

The Washington Post reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 25, 2026 (most recent) → EMIR. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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