vizier
or vi·zir
(formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state.: Compare grand vizier.
Origin of vizier
1Other words from vizier
- vi·zier·ate [vi-zeer-it, -eyt, viz-yer-it, -yuh-reyt], /vɪˈzɪər ɪt, -eɪt, ˈvɪz yər ɪt, -yəˌreɪt/, vi·zier·ship, noun
- vi·zier·i·al, adjective
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How to use vizier in a sentence
Then he said to his viziers: 'What say ye respecting the affair of Solomon?
The Arabian Nights | UnknownWhen he saw it he commanded his viziers, saying: ‘Go and seek the owner of this slipper, for I will wed none but her.’
Georgian Folk Tales | UnknownThe king asked that his viziers might be restored to life, and they all went away with rich presents.
Georgian Folk Tales | UnknownShe immediately called her viziers together, and they wrote out the usual contract.
Georgian Folk Tales | UnknownThe thousand and one stories are being told every day by hundreds of thousands of viziers' daughters to their respective sultans.
Roads of Destiny | O. Henry
British Dictionary definitions for vizier
/ (vɪˈzɪə) /
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
Origin of vizier
1Derived forms of vizier
- vizierial or vizirial, adjective
- viziership, noun
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