Firman
[fә:mәn]
Definition
(n.) In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance.
Edited by Ahmed
Examples
- Hassan receives and places on his head the dread firman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You must get a firman and hurry there the first thing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We did not get a firman, but we took along four or five francs apiece, which is much the same thing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Yvonne