vizier Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)

WordNet

Viz"ier noun
Etymology
Ar. wezir, wazir, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. Alguazil.
Definitions
  1. A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. Written also visier, vizir, and vizer.

Webster 1913