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Definition of Ottomans

Ottomans
Ottoman Ot"to*man, n.; pl. Ottomans. 1. A Turk. 2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.
Ottoman
Ottoman Ot"to*man, a. [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.] Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.
Ottoman
Ottoman Ot"to*man, n.; pl. Ottomans. 1. A Turk. 2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.

Meaning of Ottomans from wikipedia

- transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II, which marked the Ottomans' emergence as a...
- Look up Ottoman or ottoman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ottoman or Ottomans may refer to: Ottoman Empire 1299–1922 Ottoman dynasty, ruling family...
- The Young Ottomans (Ottoman Turkish: یکی عثمانلیلر, romanized: Yeŋî ʿOs̱mânlıler; Turkish: Yeni Osmanlılar) were a secret society established in 1865...
- strongly influenced Ottomanism. It promoted equality among the millets. The idea of Ottomanism originated amongst the Young Ottomans (founded in 1865) in...
- Empire distracted Christians from their conflict with the Ottomans. Meanwhile, the Ottomans had to contend with the Persian Safavid Empire and to a lesser...
- the prin****lity; the polity and the people were named "Ottomans" by Europeans after him ("Ottoman" being a corruption of "Osman"). Osman's son Orhan expanded...
- authority by the Ottomans reached its height under Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876–1909), who attempted to cultivate support for the Ottoman Empire through a...
- romanized: Ḫānedān-ı Āl-i ʿOsmān), also known as the Ottomans (Turkish: Osmanlılar). According to Ottoman tradition, the family originated from the Kayı tribe...
- An ottoman is a piece of furniture. Generally, ottomans have neither backs nor arms. They may be an upholstered low couch or a smaller cushioned seat used...
- the Ottomans' claim to the caliphate. Although the treaty made official the Ottoman Empire's loss of the Crimean Khanate, it acknowledged the Ottoman caliph's...