vizier

• vezir, vezîr (stricter transliterations of Ottoman Turkish)
• vazir (via Persian instead of Ottoman Turkish)
• wasir, wazir, wazīr (directly from Arabic)
• vizir, vizeer, guazil (less common forms)

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

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

vizier (plural viziers)

1. (history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
2. (history) The highest-ranking official or minister in ancient Egypt or Ebla; a chief administrator or a chancellor.
3. (history) An ancient Mesopotamian 𒈛 (sukkal).
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 174:

     As Inanna prepares to descend she fastens the seven divine laws to her side, and as she walks toward the netherworld she speaks to her vizier, Ninshubur.

4. A vicegerent, viceroy.
5. (chess) A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.

• grand vizier
• vizierate
• vizieress
• vizierial
• viziership

• → Irish: visír
• → Welsh: fisir

• 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

• → Indonesian: pisir

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]