kaimakam
kaimakam is the alternative spelling of kaymakam.
Meaning of kaymakam
Noun
kaymakam (plural kaymakams)
- An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
- He desird him to leave a charge with the Chimacham his Deputy.1645, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-elianae..., volume iii, page 87
- An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
- An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
- A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.
- Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.
- Synonyms:
- sanjakbey during the mid-19th century
- An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.
Forms of kaimakam
| plural | kaimakams |
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- What is kaimakam the alternative spelling of?
- Kaimakam is the alternative spelling of kaymakam.
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