kaymakam

kaymakam antonyms

kaymakam definitions

noun
  • Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century. 

  • An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent. 

  • A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay. 

  • An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments. 

  • An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent. 

  • An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states. 

  • A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.