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Webster 1913 Edition


Zaim


Zaim

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[Turk. & Ar.
za’īm
.]
A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.
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zaim

zaim

English

Noun

zaim (plural zaims)

  1. (archaic) A Turkish irregular mounted militia.
  2. (archaic) The chief of such a militia.