'vizer' definitions:

Definition of 'vizer'

From: 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]