VIZIR
\vˈɪzi͡ə], \vˈɪziə], \v_ˈɪ_z_iə]\
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By James Champlin Fernald
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VIZIER, vi-z[=e]r', n. a minister or councillor of state in the Ottoman Empire and other Mohammedan states--also VISIER', VEZIR', WIZIER'.--ns. VIZIR'ATE, VIZIER'ATE, VIZIR'SHIP, VIZIER'SHIP, the office of a vizir.--adjs. VIZIR'IAL, VIZIER'IAL.--GRAND VIZIR, in Turkey, the prime-minister, and formerly also commander of the army. [Ar. waz[=i]r, a porter--wazara, to bear a burden.]
By Thomas Davidson
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