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View synonyms for grand vizier
grand vizier
noun
- the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
grand vizier
noun
- (formerly) the chief officer or minister of state in the Ottoman Empire and other Muslim countries
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Battle of Maclin; a body of 70,000 Turks under the grand vizier, defeated by the Russians.
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My governess, the grand vizier, and all that attended me, were swallowed up by the sea.
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The grand vizier and the courtiers who were present cast themselves at the emperor's feet, to beg of him to revoke the sentence.
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He pronounced sentence of death upon the wretched queen and ordered the grand vizier to see it executed.
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While she was thus bewailing herself, the grand vizier entered, and asked her if the fish were ready.
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