Nizam
Americannoun
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the title of the ruler of Hyderabad from the beginning of the 18th century to 1950.
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(lowercase) the Turkish regular army or any member of it.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Nizam
1595–1605; Nizam ( def. 1 ) < Urdu Nizām-al-mulk governor of the realm; Nizam ( def. 2 ) < Turkish nizamiye regular army; both < Arabic niẓām order, arrangement
Example Sentences
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The search has moved south to where the two divers were found, Mersing maritime chief Khairul Nizam Misran said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022
In the last years of her life, in shaky blue ink on cream paper, she beseeched Hyderabad's prime minister and Nizam for some form of compensation.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2019
“Man, I’m so stressed,” says Nizam, a young computer scientist who left Syria after his father died in a bombing last year.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2015
And it was during that era that large quantities of weapons from foreign sources began flowing into northwestern Pakistan, said Nizam Khan Dawar, chairman of the Tribal Development Network.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2015
The Nizam then gave his consent, and the battalions were informed that hesitation would expose them to the penalties of treason.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
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