Lexic.us

Definition of Ottoman

1. Noun. A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I).

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture.

3. Noun. The Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I.

4. Noun. Thick cushion used as a seat.

5. Noun. A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.

Definition of Ottoman

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.

2. n. A Turk.

Definition of Ottoman

1. Noun. A Turk from the period of Ottoman Empire. ¹

2. Adjective. Of the Islamic empire of Turkey. ¹

3. Noun. An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen, etc. ¹

4. Noun. A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat. ¹

5. Noun. A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture . ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ottoman

1. a type of sofa [n -S] - See also: sofa

Medical Definition of Ottoman

1. Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire. Origin: F. Ottoman: cf. It. Ottomano, ottomanno; from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300. Cf. Osmanli, Ottoman a stuffed seat. 1. A Turk. 2. [F. Ottomane, from ottoman Turkish] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ottoman

ottemannite otter otter civet otter hound otter shrew ottered otterhound ottering otterless otterlike

otterpox otters otterskin otterskins otto of rose ottoman ottomans ottomite ottomy ottos

ottrelite otwayite ou ouabagenin ouabain ouabains ouakari ouakaris ouanderoo ouarine

Literary usage of Ottoman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Balkan Peninsula: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Ferdinand Schevill (1922)
"CHAPTER XV THE Ottoman INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIETY FOR some time we have been looking at the Ottoman empire from the outside, as it were, watching it rise ..."

2. The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 by Kenneth M. Setton (1978)
"In some cases their sons were educated (as hostages) at the Ottoman court, and their families tended gradually to be islamized. ..."

3. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"... that the relations which have Gt. Britain, prevailed between the Ottoman Empire and the other France, and European States have only recently brought the ..."

4. Turkey by Stanley Lane-Poole, Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, Arthur Gilman (1899)
"Two of the four quarters of the square had thus been subdued, and in 1375 the Ottoman armies marched north to reduce the rest. Crossing the Balkan they took ..."

5. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"The treaty appears in a very different light, however, when viewed from the Ottoman standpoint. The war which preceded it had indeed brought no defeats to ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The treaty appears in a very different light, however, when viewed from the Ottoman standpoint. The war which preceded it had indeed brought no defeats to ..."

7. A Short History of the Near East: From the Founding of Constantinople (330 A by William Stearns Davis (1922)
"747- 776), and to an even greater extent the learned and enlightening monograph by Professor AH Lybyer, "The Government of the Ottoman Empire in the Time of ..."

Other Resources: