Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[imac]r, waz[imac]r, 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}.]
[1913 Webster]
{Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; --
called also {vizier-azem}.
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