"grand vizier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grand viziers [plural], grand vizir [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grand vizier (plural grand viziers)
  1. (historical) The greatest minister of a sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the sultan himself. Tags: historical Synonyms: Vizier Azem [obsolete] Translations (greatest minister of a sultan): উজিরে আজম (ujire ajom) (Bengali), velkovezír [masculine] (Czech), ĉefveziro (Esperanto), suurvisiiri (Finnish), gran visir [masculine] (Galician), Großwesir [masculine] (German), patih (Javanese), lielvezīrs [masculine] (Latvian), صدر اعظم (sadr-ı azam) (Ottoman Turkish), grão-vizir [masculine] (Portuguese), marele vizir [masculine] (Romanian), gran visir (Spanish), sadrazam (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-grand_vizier-en-noun--1VIIlWE Disambiguation of 'greatest minister of a sultan': 89 11
  2. (by extension) A figure of great authority and power. Tags: broadly
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "greatest minister of a sultan",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grão-vizir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "greatest minister of a sultan",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marele vizir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "greatest minister of a sultan",
      "word": "gran visir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "greatest minister of a sultan",
      "word": "sadrazam"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "grand vizier"
  ],
  "word": "grand vizier"
}

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