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Ottoman

adjective

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

noun

(pl. ottomans)

A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I). Synonyms: Osmanli, Ottoman Turk.

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

Thick cushion used as a seat. Synonyms: hassock, pouf, pouffe, puff.

A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person. Synonyms: footrest, footstool, tuffet.

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"Ottoman" Quotes from Famous Books

... When the followers of Mohammed were sweeping like a whirlwind over the Eastern empire, ravaging everything before them, Philadelphia remained an independent Christian city, when all the other cities of Asia Minor were under the power of the Saracen sword. It held out against the Ottoman power until the year 1390 A.D., when it surrendered to Sultan Bayazid's mixed army of Ottoman Turks and Byzantine Christians (?). This was six years after the death of Wickliffe, "the morning star of the reformation," who opposed the corruptions of the Papacy, gave the world the first English translation ...

— The Revelation Explained • F. Smith

... to the fire and, sitting down on an ottoman, took two pictures from the folds of her dress. One was a miniature in a small old-fashioned locket. It was a grave, sweet, motherly face, singularly pure and childlike in its innocence. Ruth ...

— Sandy • Alice Hegan Rice

... This is the music, I suppose? But, my dear boy, there are only four lines, and who ever heard of notes shaped like that: you have made some square and some diamond-shape? Why didn't you look in your poor mother's old music? It's in the ottoman in the drawing-room. I could have shown you how to make the notes; there are ...

— The Hill of Dreams • Arthur Machen

... of the Turkish story-book, 'Aja'ib al-ma'asir wa ghara 'ib ennawadir,' written for Muad the Fourth Ottoman Sultan who reigned between 1623-40. A volume of interesting anecdotes from the Arabic and Persian" (Mr. L. C. ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton

... under his arm and hat in hand, directed his steps toward the apartment of his wife. At the door he paused for a moment to wipe his damp, pale brow. He then entered the room. Madame de Villefort was sitting on an ottoman and impatiently turning over the leaves of some newspapers and pamphlets which young Edward, by way of amusing himself, was tearing to pieces before his mother could finish reading them. She was dressed to go out, her bonnet ...

— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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