effendi
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Noun (1)
- a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officialsType of Turk
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ef·fen′di noun,
Origin: Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr. …, fr. Gr. … a chief. See Authentic.
Master; sir; — a Turkish title of respect, applied esp. to a state official or man of learning, as one learned in the law, but often simply as the courtesy title of a gentleman.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement