1
: a high executive officer of various Muslim countries and especially of the Ottoman Empire
2
: a civil officer in ancient Egypt having viceregal powers
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One of those included in the study had attained the high status of vizier and would have reported directly to the pharaoh in his time.
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
Previous monuments were made of mud brick, but Djoser's Step Pyramid is made of stone (specifically limestone); it's widely thought that Djoser's vizier, Imhotep, designed and built the complex.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
Anand Nagraj is wickedly campy as Jafar, the kingdom’s power-hungry vizier and Aaron Choi is intentionally cartoonish as Jafar’s henchmen Iago (transformed from a talking parrot character in the film).
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
That same year, a disguised Ismaili agent fatally stabbed the sultan’s indispensable vizier, Nizam al-Mulk, on the road from Isfahan to Baghdad.
—Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
Previous monuments were made of mud brick, but Djoser's Step Pyramid is made of stone (specifically limestone); it's widely thought that Djoser's vizier, Imhotep, designed and built the complex.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
Anand Nagraj is wickedly campy as Jafar, the kingdom’s power-hungry vizier and Aaron Choi is intentionally cartoonish as Jafar’s henchmen Iago (transformed from a talking parrot character in the film).
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
That same year, a disguised Ismaili agent fatally stabbed the sultan’s indispensable vizier, Nizam al-Mulk, on the road from Isfahan to Baghdad.
—Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
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“Vizier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vizier. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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vizier
noun
vi·zier
və-ˈzi(ə)r 
: a high official in a Muslim country
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