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nounthe Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I
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nouna low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated persontype of:
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nouna Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)
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of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture
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- turkey a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
- sultan the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
- bosnia a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims
- bey the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
- ottoman the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I
- ottoman of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture
- porte the Ottoman court in Constantinople
- vizier a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
- dragoman an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
- ottoman dynasty the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I