Vizier

Word VIZIER
Character 6
Hyphenation viz ier
Pronunciations /vɪˈzɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Vizier"

What do we mean by vizier?

A high officer in a Muslim government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. noun

A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. noun

The chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also vizier-azem. noun

A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. noun

A high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire) noun

A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.

Vicegerent, viceroy

A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.

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The word "vizier" in example sentences

The leading passion of the vizier was the love of receiving presents. ❋ James Morier (N/A)

The establishment of a vizier is a fundamental law of despotism. ❋ Various (1910)

In the reign of Meneptah of the nineteenth dynasty the vizier was a native of Bashan, Ben-Mazana by name, whose father was called Yu the elder. ❋ Unknown (1889)

He took around with him on his rambles his vizier, Giafar (a vizier is a composite of a chauffeur, a secretary of state, and a night-and-day bank), and old Uncle Mesrour, his executioner, who toted a snickersnee. ❋ O. Henry (1886)

Elkanah that was next to the king -- that is, the vizier or prime minister (Ge 41: 40; Es 10: 3). ❋ Unknown (1871)

The two tusks depicted on 1000 year old (and older) Islamic chess pieces of the "vizier," "farzin" or "wazir" evolved into the Bishop's mitre (in Western chess) as the Arabic version of chess spread into Europe and was adopted by the European royal courts. ❋ Jan (2008)

"if your slave may be so honoured as to speak in your presence, a vizier should be a person of great tact; he should be able to draw the line as nicely as I do when I shave your sublime head, leaving not a vestige of the hair, yet entering not upon the skin." ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

He also spoke of him by his title of "vizier," which he declared he had never forfeited the right to use; and he also stated that he had only entered Epirus as a peace-maker. ❋ Alexandre Dumas P��re (1836)

"Nay, good vizier, that is as a last resource, for it is forbidden by the laws of the Prophet. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

(shallit -- or "vizier" or even "sultan"), in fact, "the governor," and also the one who "sold grain to all the people of the land." ❋ 1892-1972 (1942)

Aper-el was vizier to the famous Amenhotep III 1370-1293 B.C.E., 18th Dynasty and later to his son, the monotheistic king Akhenaten. ❋ Roger Isaacs (2011)

The empire was stretched thin from years of rebellion in Egypt and other provinces, while the palace at Susa was in chaos with the recent assassination of the Great King Artaxerxes III by the eunuch and grand vizier Bagoas. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Bagoas: Not to be confused with the grand vizier of the same name who murdered two Persian kings, this eunuch, noted for his beauty, was the lover of Darius, then Alexander. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

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