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VIZIER
vizier
(noun) a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vizier (plural viziers)
A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
vicegerent, viceroy
(chess) a fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.
Source: Wiktionary
Viz"ier, n. Etym: [Ar. wezir, wazir, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. Alguazil.]
Definition: A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [Written also visier, vizir, and vizer.] Grand vizier, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also vizier-azem.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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