Othman

Noun

Ottoman (plural Ottomans)

1. A member of the Ottoman dynasty.
   • […] the Ottomans were a dynasty like every other, subject to the same laws of the rise and fall of states.2006, Robert Dankoff, An Ottoman Mentality, page 243

   Synonyms:

   Osman, Osmanid, Osmanli, Ottomanid

2. A citizen of the Ottoman Empire.
   • Nearly 250,000 Ottomans of various military ranks were taken captive by the Allied forces during World War I, which was referred to in Turkish variously as Büyük Harp, Cihan Harbi and Harb-i Umumi (or simply Seferberlik among the older generation of Turks) until World War II.2002, Yücel Yanikdağ, “Marginal men: Ottoman prisoners of war in the Great War”, in The Turkish Studies Association Journal, volume 26, number 2, →JSTOR, pages 39–46

   Synonyms:

   Osman, Osmanian, Osmanli, Ottomanian

   1. An ethnic Turk of the Ottoman Empire.

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