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KAIMAKAM

\kˈa͡ɪmɐkˌam], \kˈa‍ɪmɐkˌam], \k_ˈaɪ_m_ɐ_k_ˌa_m]\

Definitions of KAIMAKAM

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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k[=i]-ma-kam', n. a lieutenant-colonel in the Turkish army: the administrator of a subdivision of a vilayet.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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