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vizier |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 {visier}, {vizir}, and {vizer}.] {Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also {vizier-azem}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vizier n : a high official in a Moslem government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
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