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vizier
[vi-zeer, viz-yer]
noun
(formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state.
vizier
/ ɪˈɪə /
noun
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- vizierate noun
- viziership noun
- vizierial adjective
- ˈ noun
- ˈ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vizier1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vizier1
Example Sentences
He kills some number of women until his vizier presents his own daughter, Scheherazade.
For centuries Albanians served as grand viziers and frontier pashas inside the Ottoman Empire.
Is it possible that Scheherazade and the vizier had hatched a secret plan?
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.
A hero uses the magic sword of Damascus to free a Baghdad princess from a grand vizier and his son.
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