| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | vi·zier |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v -zîr , vzy r |
| NOUN: | A high officer in a Muslim government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Turkish vezir, from Arabic waz r, burdened, minister, from ’ zara, to help, derived form of ’azara, to surround. See  zr in Appendix II or from wazara, to carry a burden; see wzr in Appendix II. | | OTHER FORMS: | vi·zierate (v-zîrt, -t , vzyr-t, -y-rt) —NOUN
vi·zieri·al —ADJECTIVE
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