Category:Vizier

Viz"ier, n. Etym: [ar. wezir, wazir, properly, a bearer of burdens, a Porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. Alguazil.]

Defn: a councilor of state; a high executive officer in turkey and Other oriental countries. [written also visier, vizir, and vizer.] Grand vizier, the chief minister of the turkish empire; -- called Also vizier-azem.