Meaning

3 senses
  1. A member of the Ottoman dynasty.

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

  2. A citizen of the Ottoman Empire.

    Osmane, Osmanin

    осма́нosmán, осма́нкаosmánka, оттома́нottomán

    осма́нosmán, осма́нкаosmánka

  3. A citizen of the Ottoman Empire.

    An ethnic Turk of the Ottoman Empire.

Examples

41 sentences
  1. They rushed to the ottoman border.

  2. Anne, you sit here on the ottoman and don't wiggle.

  3. Anne, you sit here on the ottoman and don't wiggle your toes.

  4. The Ottomans ruled Algeria for centuries.

  5. Algeria was part of the Ottoman Empire.

    ruАлжир был частью Османской империи. — Wezel

Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French Ottoman (“Osman”), borrowed from Italian Ottomano, borrowed fr

Borrowed from Middle French Ottoman (“Osman”), borrowed from Italian Ottomano, borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Doublet of Osman and Uthman.

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Forms

plural: Ottomans

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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