[ noun ] a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire) <noun.person>
Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[=i]r, waz[=i]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [Written also {visier}, {vizir}, and {vizer}.]
{Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also {vizier-azem}.