Vizier

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[imac]r, waz[imac]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}.]


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; --
        called also {vizier-azem}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vizier
       n : a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the
           Ottoman Empire)