English noun: Ayatollah Khomeini | |||
| 1. | Ayatollah Khomeini (person) Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989) | ||
| Synonyms | Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini, Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini | ||
| Instance hypernym | religious leader | ||