Synonyms for ottoman
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ot-uh-muh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒt ə mən |
Définition of ottoman
Origin :- 1580s (n.), c.1600 (adj.), from French Ottoman, from Italian Ottomano, from Arabic 'Uthmani "of or belonging to 'Uthman," Arabic masc. proper name, which in Turkish is pronounced Othman (see Osmanli), name of the founder of the dynasty and empire. Ending altered in Italian by formation of a new false singular, because -i was a plural inflection in Italian. Byron used the more correct form Othman, and a few writers have followed him. The type of couch so called (1806) because one reclined on it, which was associated with Eastern customs (see couch).
- noun footstool
- By the sword the Ottoman Empire was reared and by the sword it has been ruled ever since.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- Schwarz stands behind the ottoman, his palette and brushes in his hands.
- Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind
- Below these, toward centre, an ottoman, with a tiger-skin on it.
- Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind
- As she spoke, she seated herself on an ottoman, and pointed to a place at her side.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- Twelve thousand Christian slaves were freed from the Ottoman galleys.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Barbary Corsairs » by Stanley Lane-Poole
- She seized a dagger from the ottoman, a rare and highly-tempered blade.
- Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
- The rest lounge on a couch or sofa, or chew the cud of memory on an ottoman.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
- There was a little blue rocker and an ottoman with a work-basket on it.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- It is a decree of Providence, announcing the end of Ottoman empire!
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
- The White City has been famous ever since the Ottoman conquest.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 » by Various
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