adjective
noun
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(formerly) a subject of the Ottoman Empire
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the Turkish language, esp as written in Arabic letters under the Ottoman Empire
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Etymology
Origin of Osmanli
C19: from Turkish, from Osman I
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The hoofs of the fast-moving Osmanli cavalry first sounded on the European shores of the Dardanelles in 1354.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ottoman Turks, or "Osmanli," were originally merely one of the many Turkish hordes which entered Asia Minor after the downfall of Byzantine rule.
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
The conquest of the Osmanli followed this dominion, and destroyed such little prosperity as the Arabs had succeeded in restoring.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam
Sinan-Reis, the implacable be-turbaned old Osmanli, held him in bitter scorn.
From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by E. Hamilton Currey
The Osmanli, whom we are accustomed to call Turks par excellence, and who form the ruling portion of the Turkish empire, must be traced to the same source.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
In 1453, under Mohammed the Conqueror, the Osmanlis took Constantinople and overran the Bal kans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Osmanlis began to threaten the foreign soldiers, and the latter began to everywhere form themselves into independent little bands for mutual protection.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
Osmanlis, name given to the Ottomans, from that of their founder, Osman or Othman.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Though the Osmanlis are the conquering race, it requires to be shown that they have ever had much to do, as a race, with the executive of the Empire.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
Needless to say, the Osmanlis themselves differed greatly from their imperial predecessors.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Nevill Forbes
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