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ottoman [ˈɒtəmən] n pl -mans 1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a. a low padded seat, usually armless, sometimes in the form of a chest b. a cushioned footstool 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a corded fabric [from French ottomane, feminine of Ottoman] Ottoman [ˈɒtəmən], Othman adj 1. (Historical Terms) History of or relating to the Ottomans or the Ottoman Empire 2. (Linguistics / Languages) denoting or relating to the Turkish language n pl -mans
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of a Turkish people who invaded the Near East in the late 13th century [from French, via Medieval Latin, from Arabic Othmāni Turkish, from Turkish Othman Osman I (1259-1326), founder of the Ottoman Empire] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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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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