Definition of Vizeir
Viz"ier (?), n. [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.
Viz"ier (?), n. [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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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