grand vizier

English

Alternative forms

• grand vizir

Noun

grand vizier (plural grand viziers)

1. (historical) The greatest minister of a sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the sultan himself.
2. (by extension) A figure of great authority and power.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:important person

   • 2012 July 24, Alfred Hickling, “SummerTyne Americana – review”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But the ultimate fix came from the grand vizier of New Orleans voodoo-funk, Dr John, whose mesmerising performance was as close as you'll come to witnessing a shaman summoning spirits.

   • 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 5, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:

     To read his memoir of those years, Locked in the Cabinet, is to feel the sting experienced by this talented, innovative, and principled small “d” democrat as he was repeatedly shoved aside on economic issues by Rubin, Bentsen, Panetta, and, of course, the grand vizier himself, Alan Greenspan.

Translations

greatest minister of a sultan

• Bengali: উজিরে আজম (bn) (ujire ajom)
• Czech: velkovezír m
• Esperanto: ĉefveziro
• Finnish: suurvisiiri (fi)
• Galician: gran visir m
• German: Großwesir (de) m
• Javanese: patih (jv)
• Latvian: lielvezīrs (lv) m
• Ottoman Turkish: صدر اعظم (sadr-ı azam)
• Portuguese: grão-vizir m
• Spanish: gran visir
• Turkish: sadrazam (tr)