Definitions for: Vizier

[n] a high official in a Moslem government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)

Webster (1913) Definition: Viz"ier, n. [Ar. wez[=i]r, waz[=i]r, 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.

See Also: functionary, official

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