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Webster 1913 Edition
Vizier
Viz′ier
,Noun.
[Ar.
wezīr
, wazīr
, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara
to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir
, visir
. Cf. Alguazil
.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.
[Written also
visier
, vizir
, and vizer
.] Grand vizier
, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; – called also
vizier-azem
.Webster 1828 Edition
Vizier
VIZ'IER
,Definition 2024
vizier
vizier
English
Alternative forms
Noun
vizier (plural viziers)
- A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
Derived terms
Translations
high-ranking official
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References
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch visiere, from Old French visiere.
Noun
vizier n (plural vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)
- visor, a removable protective guard on a (knight's) helmet
- back-sight, a visual aiming aid on the barrel of a gun
Etymology 2
From Middle French visir, from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).
Noun
vizier m (plural viziers or vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)
- A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
Derived terms
- grootvizier m
- vizierschap n
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]