English Explanatory Dictionary

wazir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Vizier.
  2. A fairy chess piece that moves one square orthogonally.
noun
  1. A member of a tribe of Pashtuns in Waziristan, Pakistan.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

wazir wazirs Waziri

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”). Doublet of vizier.

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