vizier

Word family nounvizieratevizieradjectivevizierial

Related topics: Officials

vi·zier /vəˈzɪə $ -ˈzɪr/ noun [countableC]

PGOan important government official in some Muslim countries in the past 维齐尔〔旧时某些伊斯兰国家的高官、大臣〕

Examples from the Corpus

vizier• It comes from a text on the duties of a vizier and was probably copied from a much earlier document.• A second-rate Egyptologist unearths the diary of Eye, the grand vizier of the boy-king Tut.• The ageing king, Al-Kadir, was murdered and one of his viziers proclaimed the new overlord.• After 13 years as a slave, Joseph becomes Pharaoh's vizier.

Origin vizier

(1500-1600) Turkish vezier, from Arabic wazir

词汇	vizier
释义	vizier Word family nounvizieratevizieradjectivevizierial Related topics: Officials vi·zier /vəˈzɪə $ -ˈzɪr/ noun [countableC] PGOan important government official in some Muslim countries in the past 维齐尔〔旧时某些伊斯兰国家的高官、大臣〕 Examples from the Corpus vizier• It comes from a text on the duties of a vizier and was probably copied from a much earlier document.• A second-rate Egyptologist unearths the diary of Eye, the grand vizier of the boy-king Tut.• The ageing king, Al-Kadir, was murdered and one of his viziers proclaimed the new overlord.• After 13 years as a slave, Joseph becomes Pharaoh's vizier. Origin vizier (1500-1600) Turkish vezier, from Arabic wazir
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