Ottoman

  • 11Ottoman — Ottoman, dem Popelin ähnlicher Damenkleiderstoff, auch ein Möbelstoff …

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  • 12ottoman — ► NOUN (pl. ottomans) ▪ a low upholstered seat without a back or arms, typically serving also as a box …

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  • 13Ottoman — Empire ottoman دولتِ عَليه عُثمانيه Devlet i Âliye i Osmâniyye 1299   1922 …

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  • 14Ottoman —    The ottoman is a stuffed or cushioned footstool, sometimes called a hassock. Also called an ottoman is a backless couch, which in America never attained the popularity of the footstool.    The namesake that people have been resting their feet… …

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  • 15Ottoman — Ottomanlike, adj. /ot euh meuhn/, adj., n., pl. Ottomans. adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Ottoman Empire. 2. of or pertaining to the lands, peoples, and possessions of the Ottoman Empire. n. 3. a Turk. 4. a Turk of the family or tribe of Osman, 5 …

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  • 16ottoman — noun Date: 1605 1. capitalized a. a member of a Turkish dynasty founded by Osman I that ruled the Ottoman Empire b. a citizen or functionary of the Ottoman Empire 2. [French ottomane, from feminine of ottoman, adjective] a. an upholstered often… …

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  • 17Ottoman — Ot•to•man [[t]ˈɒt ə mən[/t]] adj. n. pl. mans 1) why +peo of or pertaining to the Ottoman Empire or its rulers 2) peo a) a member of the dynasty descended from Osman that ruled the Ottoman Empire b) a Turkish citizen of the Ottoman state 3) fur… …

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  • 18Ottoman — adjective Etymology: French, adjective & noun, probably from Italian ottomano, from Arabic ‘othmānī, from ‘Othmān Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire Date: 1603 of or relating to the Ottoman Empire, its rulers, or its citizens or functionaries …

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  • 19ottoman — ot|to|man [ˈɔtəmən US ˈa: ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: ottomane, from ottoman Turkish , from Arabic othmani, from Othman Osman , first ruler of the Ottoman Empire] a piece of furniture like a large box with a soft top, used as a seat,… …

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  • 20Ottoman — Ot|to|man der; s, e <aus gleichbed. fr. ottoman, eigtl. »der Türkische«, zu ottoman »osmanisch, türkisch«, dies zu arab. ut̄mān »Osmane«, nach Osman (✝1326), dem Begründer des Herrscherhauses der Ottomanen> Ripsgewebe mit breiten, stark… …

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