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Meanings of vizir in English

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Cutlery designed by Philippe Wolfers and sold by the Wolfers Frères.

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Fairy chess piece that moves like a rook, but can go only one square.

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Examples for "wazir"
Examples for "wazir"
1
Salim-bin-Ali, the other wazir, had not come with us because he was not well.
Southern Arabia
2
The wazir had charge of the arms and provisions and the enrolling of the people.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
3
The wazir departed in the morning with a Martini-Henry rifle which my husband sent to the sultan.
Southern Arabia
4
Not an inch would he stir till the wazir gave him a coolie to carry his baggage.
Among the Tibetans
5
The guard dared not touch him, and he went to the wazir, demanded a coolie, and got one!
Among the Tibetans
Usage of vizir in English
1
When she ceased he went softly downstairs and said to the vizir:
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
2
But the vizir pretended not to see, and turned his head away.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
3
He was thunderstruck, and turning to the vizir said: What sayest thou?
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
4
He sent for the vizir, and asked what had become of the palace.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
5
Tahúmers had also a vizir, renowned for his wisdom and understanding.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
6
A philosophic vizir, and man of much worldly experience, happened to be present.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
7
The vizir stepped up to him, and said: O generous man!
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
8
The vizir bowed to the ground and hastened to leave the room and tower.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
9
The vizir looked out too, and was lost in astonishment.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
10
This answer much distressed the king, who again confided his trouble to his vizir.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
11
The vizir's first question was whether Noureddin were still alive.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
12
You, vizir, will see that my orders are carried out.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
13
In short, the vizir took the boy home, and educated him with kindness and liberality.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
14
After the first exchange of greetings the vizir said:
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
15
Whereupon the genie took the vizir's son out of bed, leaving Aladdin with the princess.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
16
Now, they were the vizir Giafar and his suite arriving at full speed from Bagdad.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
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