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Vizier
Viz′ier
,Noun.
[Ar.
wezīr
, wazīr
, 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
.