From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ottoman \Ot"to*man\, n.; pl. {Ottomans}.
1. A Turk.
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2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat
without a back, originally used in Turkey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ottoman
adj 1: of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its
culture
n 1: a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of
Osman I) [syn: {Ottoman}, {Ottoman Turk}, {Osmanli}]
2: the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the
13th century to its dissolution after World War I [syn:
{Ottoman}, {Ottoman dynasty}]
3: thick cushion used as a seat [syn: {ottoman}, {pouf},
{pouffe}, {puff}, {hassock}]
4: a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
[syn: {footstool}, {footrest}, {ottoman}, {tuffet}]
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