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\Ef*fen"di\, n. [Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr. ?, fr. Gr.
? a chief. See {Authentic}.]
Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man
of learning, especially one learned in the law.
\Ef*fen"di\, n., [Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr. ?, fr.
Gr. ? a chief. See {Authentic}.]
Master; sir; -- a Turkish title of respect, applied esp. to a
state official or man of learning, as one learned in the law,
but often simply as the courtesy title of a gentleman.
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