\Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[=i]r, waz[=i]r, properly, a bearer
of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F.
vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.]
A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and
other Oriental countries. [Written also {visier}, {vizir},
and {vizer}.]

{Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; --
   called also {vizier-azem}.