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Ottoman![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 ![]() Ottoman \Ot"to*man\, a. [F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano, ottomanno; -- from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300. Cf. Osmanli, Ottoman a stuffed seat.] Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire. [1913 Webster] ![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 ![]() Ottoman \Ot"to*man\, n.; pl. Ottomans. 1. A Turk. [1913 Webster] 2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey. [1913 Webster] ![]() ![]() Source: WordNet (r) 2.0 ![]()
Ottoman
adj : of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its
culture
n 1: a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of
Osman I) [syn: Ottoman Turk, Osmanli]
2: the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the
13th century to its dissolution after World War I [syn: Ottoman
dynasty]
3: thick cushion used as a seat [syn: pouf, pouffe, puff,
hassock]
4: a low stool to rest the feet of a seated person [syn: footstool,
footrest]
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