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Noun

1. 1
   A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent. historical

   "He desird him to leave a charge with the Chimacham his Deputy."

2. 2
   A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments. historical
3. 3
   A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent. historical
4. 4
   A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay. historical
5. 5
   A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century. historical

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6. 6
   A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states. historical
7. 7
   A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.

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sanjakbeysanjakbey during the mid-19th century

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"He desird him to leave a charge with the Chimacham his Deputy."

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قایمقام (kaymakam), from Arabic مَقَام قَائِم (qāʔim maqām, “stand in”).

Related phrases

grand vizier

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