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   Vizier (?), n. [Ar. wezīr, wazīr, 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.]
   
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   Grand vizier, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also vizier-azem.
   
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