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vizier

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[ 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

/ ɪˈɪə /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󾱱, noun
  • ˈ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··ٱ [vi-, zeer, -it, -eyt, viz, -yer-it, -y, uh, -reyt], ·s󾱱 noun
  • ·i· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vizier1

1555–65; < Turkish ī < Arabic ɲī
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vizier1

C16: from Turkish ī, from Arabic ɲī porter, from wazara to bear a burden
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He kills some number of women until his vizier presents his own daughter, Scheherazade.

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

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

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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.

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

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