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Ottoman

Ot′to-man

,

Adj.

[F.

ottoman

: cf. It.

ottomano

,

ottomanno

; – from

Othoman

,

Othman

, or

Osman

, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300. Cf.

,

a stuffed seat.]

Of or pertaining to the Turks;

as, the

Ottoman

power or empire

.

Ot′to-man

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Ottomans

.

1.

A Turk.

2.

[F.

ottomane

, from

ottoman

Turkish.]

A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.