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ottoman Noun pl -mans a storage chest with a padded lid for use as a seat [French ottomane, feminine of Ottoman] Ottoman Adjective History of the Ottomans or the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish empire which lasted from the late 13th century until the end of World War I, and at its height included the Balkans and much of N Africa Noun pl -mans a member of a Turkish people who formed the basis of this empire [Arabic Othmāni]
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The contrast between this Ottoman and his concubines is striking; because, while he is always of the largest leviathanic proportions, the ladies, even at full growth, are not more than one third of the bulk of an average-sized male. In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things. She instantly seated herself on the ottoman in the back drawing-room. |
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