grand vizier

noun

1. the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.

grand vizier

noun

1. (formerly) the chief officer or minister of state in the Ottoman Empire and other Muslim countries

Example Sentences

Battle of Maclin; a body of 70,000 Turks under the grand vizier, defeated by the Russians.

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My governess, the grand vizier, and all that attended me, were swallowed up by the sea.

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The grand vizier and the courtiers who were present cast themselves at the emperor's feet, to beg of him to revoke the sentence.

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He pronounced sentence of death upon the wretched queen and ordered the grand vizier to see it executed.

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While she was thus bewailing herself, the grand vizier entered, and asked her if the fish were ready.

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