vizier

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vizier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

vizier - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vizier
      n 1: a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the
           Ottoman Empire)