About The Word Vizier
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Vizier
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What's The Definition Of Vizier?
[n] a high official in a Moslem government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Vizier: Related Terms | Find terms related to Vizier: See Also | functionary | official Vizier In Webster's Dictionary \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 {visier}, {vizir},
and {vizer}.]
{Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; --
called also {vizier-azem}.
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