Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[imac]r, waz[imac]r, properly, a
bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden:
cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. Alguazil.]
A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and
other Oriental countries. [Written also visier, vizir,
and vizer.]
[1913 Webster]
Grand vizier, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; --
called also vizier-azem.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vizier
n 1: a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the
Ottoman Empire)