Category:Ottoman

Ot"to*man, a. Etym: [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.]

Defn: of or pertaining to the turks; as, the ottoman power or empire.

Ottoman Ot"to*man, n.; pl. Ottomans (.

1. A turk.

2. Etym: [f. ottomane, from ottoman turkish.]

Defn: a stuffed seat without a back, originally used in turkey.