Dictionary - Definition of BEGLERBEG


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Beglerbeg" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references)

Note: Beglerbeg \Beg"ler*beg`\, noun. [Turk. beglerbeg, from beg, plural begler. See Beg, noun.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BEGLERBEG

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The governor of a province in the Turkis empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier. Each has three ensigns or staves, trimmed with a horse tail, to distinguish him from a bashaw, who has two, and a beg, who has one. His province is called beglerbeglik. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "BEGLERBEG" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references)

Note: Beglerbeg \Beg"ler*beg`\, noun. [Turk. beglerbeg, from beg, plural begler. See Beg, noun.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The governor of a province in the Turkis empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier. Each has three ensigns or staves, trimmed with a horse tail, to distinguish him from a bashaw, who has two, and a beg, who has one. His province is called beglerbeglik. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top