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serdar

Definitions

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  • noun A military rank in the Ottoman Empire

Etymologies

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From Turkish serdar.

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Examples

  • Providing an Abseiling wall in lieu of an internal staircase … what a great space-saving idea! serdar on 20 Jan 2009 at 8: 28 am #

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  • The serdar, in particular, fixed his eyes upon him with looks of approbation; and turning round to the executioner in chief, made signs, well known among Persians, of his great admiration.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • The serdar intended to reach Hamamlû before break of day in order to surprise the gates, and deviated from the road to ford the Pembaki river.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • ‘I was now near the camp at Aberan, where I knew the serdar in person was settled, and, hoping to hear some favourable intelligence, I made towards it.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • ‘By the soul of the serdar! by the salt of the chief executioner! the

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • ‘“Is it possible, ” said I, when they had related to me the horrid expedients to which their chief, the serdar (for it was to two of his bodyguard that I was talking), had recourse, for the accomplishment of his wickedness, -- “is it possible that selfishness can be carried to such an extreme, that vice can have reached to such a pitch in the heart of man?

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • All congratulated the serdar upon his humanity and benevolence, and compared him to the celebrated Noushirwan.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • I returned with the messenger, and the first words which the serdar said, upon my appearing before him, were, ‘Where is Yûsûf?

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • ‘I had in the meanwhile received no account of my lost Mariam; and it was plain that, if in the power of the serdar, she was within the walls of his seraglio at Erivan.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • ‘Oh, as for that, ’ answered he, ‘the serdar drinks wine like any

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

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