Definitions for Ottomans

Ottomans Ot·to·man

Spelling: [ot-uh-muh n]
IPA: /ˈɒt ə mən/

Ottomans is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in Ottomans (amnoostt).

Definitions for Ottomans

noun

  1. a Turk.
  2. a Turk of the family or tribe of Osman.
  3. (lowercase) a cushioned footstool.
  4. (lowercase) a low cushioned seat without back or arms.
  5. (lowercase) a kind of divan or sofa, with or without a back.
  6. (lowercase) a corded silk or rayon fabric with large cotton cord for filling.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Ottoman Empire.
  2. of or relating to the lands, peoples, and possessions of the Ottoman Empire.

Origin of Ottomans

1575-85; French Italian ottomano, after the founder of the empire (Arabic ʿuthmān); defs 5-8 French ottomane (feminine)

Examples for Ottomans

Yalta was great for strolls along the sea during the Byzantine, Ottoman and Russian empires.

The political structures established by the Ottoman Turks in the 1500s, especially in Iraq and Syria, have crumbled.

Below these, toward centre, an Ottoman, with a tiger-skin on it.

Tribal, sectarian and territorial conflicts made it a constantly turbulent place, despite the hammer of Ottoman rule.

Twelve thousand Christian slaves were freed from the Ottoman galleys.

Schwarz stands behind the Ottoman, his palette and brushes in his hands.

That so-called war to end wars decimated an entire generation in Britain, as it did from France to the Ottoman Empire.

By the sword the Ottoman Empire was reared and by the sword it has been ruled ever since.

Until 1924, the Caliphate was the preserve of the Ottoman Empire, which was succeeded by a secular Turkish state.

As she spoke, she seated herself on an Ottoman, and pointed to a place at her side.

Word Value for Ottomans
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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