Ottoman
['ɑtəmən]
['ɒtəmən] or ['ɑtəmən]
Definition
(noun.) thick cushion used as a seat.
(noun.) the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I.
(noun.) a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I).
(adj.) of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture .
Checker: Melva--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.
(n.) A Turk.
(n.) A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Turk.
a. Turkish.
Editor: Trudy
Definition
adj. pertaining to the Turkish Empire founded by Othman or Osman about 1299.—n. a Turk (Shak. Ott′omite): a cushioned seat for several persons sitting with their backs to one another: a low stuffed seat without a back: a variety of corded silk.
Checker: Merle
Unserious Contents or Definition
Dreams in which you find yourself luxuriously reposing upon an ottoman, discussing the intricacies of love with your sweetheart, foretells that envious rivals will seek to defame you in the eyes of your affianced, and a hasty marriage will be advised. See Couch.
Checker: Lyman
Examples
- The relations between the Ottoman Sultans and the Emperors has been singular in the annals of Moslem and Christian states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Left alone, she threw herself back on her ottoman, and said, 'I didn't know the lovely woman was such a Dragon! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Ottoman Turk had even taken to the sea, and fought the Venetian upon his own Mediterranean waters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was on a low ottoman before the fire, with a little shining jewel of a table, and her book and her work, beside her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Gradually the Ottoman princes consolidated an empire that reached from the Taurus mountains in the east to Hungary and Roumania in the west. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Only three or four of us were up to see the great Ottoman capital. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Adams was so embarrassed that he fell over an ottoman. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Under him the Ottoman power reached its zenith. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She made me lie down on the couch, and, drawing a low ottoman near, sat close to my pillow, pressing my burning hands in her cold palms. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If ever an oppressed race existed, it is this one we see fettered around us under the inhuman tyranny of the Ottoman Empire. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They may have been dislodged from their original homeland--as the Ottoman Turks were--by the great cataclysm of Jengis or even earlier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the side nearest to the terrace there stood a low ottoman, on which I took my place. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Ottoman Turks were a little band of fugitives who fled southwesterly before the first invasion of Western Turkestan by Jengis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Don't sit on the ottoman, the young lady proceeded. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Under this ascendancy Egypt remained an independent power until 1517, when it fell to the Ottoman Turks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Bedroom candlesticks bristle on the distant table by the door, and cousins yawn on ottomans. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The ottomans, which were uniformly placed, were covered with satin to correspond with the drapery, and fringed with silver. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Ottomans organized a standing military force, the Janissaries, rather on the lines of the Mamelukes who dominated Egypt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And the old tea-chests stuffed and covered for ottomans! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Checker: Otis