ottoman

3 definitions found

ottoman - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ottoman \Ot"to*man\, a. [F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano,
     ottomanno; -- from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a
     sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year
     1300. Cf. Osmanli, Ottoman a stuffed seat.]
     Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or
     empire.
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  Ottoman \Ot"to*man\, n.; pl. Ottomans.
     1. A Turk.
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     2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat
        without a back, originally used in Turkey.
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ottoman - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ottoman
      adj 1: of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its
             culture
      n 1: a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of
           Osman I) [syn: Ottoman, Ottoman Turk, Osmanli]
      2: the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the
         13th century to its dissolution after World War I [syn:
         Ottoman, Ottoman dynasty]
      3: thick cushion used as a seat [syn: ottoman, pouf,
         pouffe, puff, hassock]
      4: a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
         [syn: footstool, footrest, ottoman, tuffet]