VIZIER

vizier. Vizier, n. the Ottoman prime or chief minister

---

Viz″ier (?), n. [[Ar. wezīr, wazīr, 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.] Grand vizier, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; — called also vizier-azem.