VIZIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vizier mean? 

• VIZIER (noun)
  The noun VIZIER has 1 sense:

1. a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)

  Familiarity information: VIZIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIZIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("vizier" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Derivation:

viziership (the position of vizier)