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vizier
Part of speech: NounA high officer of various Mohammedan countries, especially of Turkey; a minister of state; a councilor. Also, vizir.
Usage examples "vizier":- Therefore, before its citizens became even more bankrupt in their allegiance than they already were in their purses, the ancient Grand Vizier advised his young master to withdraw, for a while, the radiance of his imperial countenance from the now sullen city beside the Golden Horn. - "A Book of Quaker Saints", Lucy Violet Hodgkin.
- Should ever Joseph Bonaparte be an Emperor or Sultan of the East, Joubert will certainly be his Grand Vizier. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
- During these proceedings, the army of the grand vizier, so long announced, was slowly advancing. - "History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)", S. Rappoport.