vizier

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vi·zier /vəˈzɪə $ -ˈzɪr/ noun [countable]  PGOan important government official in some Muslim countries in the past 维齐尔〔旧时某些伊斯兰国家的高官、大臣〕

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vizier• It comes from a text on the duties of a vizier and was probably copied from a much earlier document.• A second-rate Egyptologist unearths the diary of Eye, the grand vizier of the boy-king Tut.• The ageing king, Al-Kadir, was murdered and one of his viziers proclaimed the new overlord.• After 13 years as a slave, Joseph becomes Pharaoh's vizier.Origin vizier (1500-1600) Turkish vezier, from Arabic wazir

vi·zier nounChineseSyllable  

past some Muslim official government in in an countries the important Corpus

vizier
vi‧zier /vəˈzɪə, vɪˈzɪə $ -ˈzɪr/ noun [countable]an important government official in some Muslim countries in the past

viz·ierBrE /vɪˈzɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /vɪˈzɪr/ 🔊 (also wazir) nounan important official in some Muslim countries in the past 维齐尔（旧时某些伊斯兰国家的高官）