{Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also {vizier-azem}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Vizier-azem — Vi*zier a*zem , n. [Ar. azam great. See {Vizier}.] A grand vizier. See under {Vizier}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vizier — Viz ier, n. [Ar. wez[=i]r, waz[=i]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [Written also … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grand vizier — Vizier Viz ier, n. [Ar. wez[=i]r, waz[=i]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
visier — Vizier Viz ier, n. [Ar. wez[=i]r, waz[=i]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vizer — Vizier Viz ier, n. [Ar. wez[=i]r, waz[=i]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vizir — Vizier Viz ier, n. [Ar. wez[=i]r, waz[=i]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ottoman Empire — a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Cap.: Constantinople. Also called Turkish Empire. * * * Former empire… … Universalium
