vizier
noun[C]
uk/vɪˈzɪər/us/vɪˈzɪr/animportantofficialin someMuslimcountriesin the past,especiallyone whoadvisesandhelpsapowerfulruler:
维齐尔（旧时穆斯林国家的重要官员，尤指为统治者提供建议的官员）Shmu'el Hanagid was an 11th-centurypoet,generaland vizier to theMuslimrulerof Granada.什穆埃尔·哈纳吉德是11世纪的诗人、将军和格拉纳达穆斯林统治者的重臣。
Kemalservedin thegovernmentof Ahmed Tevfik Pasha,GrandVizier of the Ottoman Empire.凯末尔曾在奥斯曼帝国大维齐尔艾哈迈德·泰夫菲克帕夏的政府中任职。
oftenhumorous
the mostimportantadviserandhelperof apowerfulperson:
权势人物的顾问At thattimeCampbell wasgrandvizier to the Prime Minister.当时坎贝尔任首相顾问。
- Thesultansentanarmyof 7,000 men under Bekir Pasha, the Vizier of Bosnia.
- Lunchawaitedin anupstairschamberthat could bemistakenfor agrandvizier'sreceptionhall.
- You couldcallme thegrandvizier of British PR.
- Trevor Kavanagh waspoliticaleditorof The Sun andgrandvizier at Rebekah Wade'scourt.
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