'Vizir' definitions:
Definition of 'vizir'
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]