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vizier

or vi·zir

[ vi-zeer, viz-yer ]

noun

  1. (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.


vizier

/ vɪˈzɪə /

noun

  1. a high official in certain Muslim countries, esp in the former Ottoman Empire. Viziers served in various capacities, such as that of provincial governor or chief minister to the sultan
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Derived Forms

  • viˈziership, noun
  • viˈzierial, adjective
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Other Words From

  • vi·zier·ate [vi-, zeer, -it, -eyt, viz, -yer-it, -y, uh, -reyt], vi·ziership noun
  • vi·zieri·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vizier1

1555–65; < Turkish vezīr < Arabic wazīr
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vizier1

C16: from Turkish vezīr, from Arabic wazīr porter, from wazara to bear a burden
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Example Sentences

He kills some number of women until his vizier presents his own daughter, Scheherazade.

For centuries Albanians served as grand viziers and frontier pashas inside the Ottoman Empire.

Is it possible that Scheherazade and the vizier had hatched a secret plan?

But Europeans quickly transformed the "shah" to a king, the "vizier" to the queen, the "elephants" to bishops, the "horses" to knights, the "chariots" to castles and the "foot soldiers" to pawns.

From Salon

A hero uses the magic sword of Damascus to free a Baghdad princess from a grand vizier and his son.

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