vizier

Meaning

Noun

• A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
• The highest-ranking official or minister in ancient Egypt or Ebla; a chief administrator or a chancellor.
• vicegerent, viceroy
• a fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.

Origin

• From Ottoman Turkish وزیر (Turkish vezir) (plausibly via French visir, vizir or Spanish visir), from Arabic وَزِير ("helper, aide, minister").