vizier

• vezir, vizir

From Ottoman Turkish وزیر‎ (vezir) (Turkish vezir) (plausibly via French visir, vizir or Spanish visir), from Arabic وَزِير‎ (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”).[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɪˈzɪə/, /ˈvɪzɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɪˈzɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

vizier (plural viziers)

1. A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
2. vicegerent, viceroy
3. (chess) a fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.

• grand vizier
• vizierate
• vizierial
• viziership

• wazir

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From Middle Dutch visiere, from Old French visiere.

vizier n (plural vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)

1. visor, a removable protective guard on a (knight's) helmet
2. backsight, a visual aiming aid on the barrel of a gun

From Middle French visir, from Ottoman Turkish وزیر‎ (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير‎ (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).

vizier m (plural viziers or vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)

1. A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.

• grootvizier m
• vizierschap n

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]