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Ot⋅to⋅man

  [ot-uh-muhn] adjective, noun, plural -mans.
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Ottoman Empire.
2. of or pertaining to the lands, peoples, and possessions of the Ottoman Empire.
–noun
3. a Turk.
4. a Turk of the family or tribe of Osman.
5. (lowercase) a cushioned footstool.
6. (lowercase) a low cushioned seat without back or arms.
7. (lowercase) a kind of divan or sofa, with or without a back.
8. (lowercase) a corded silk or rayon fabric with large cotton cord for filling.
Also, Othman (for defs. 3, 4).

Origin:
1575–85; < F < It ottomano, after the founder of the empire (Ar ʿuthmān); in defs. 5–8 < F ottomane (fem.)

Related forms:
Ot⋅to⋅man⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

Ottoman 
1585, from Fr., from It. Ottomano, from Ar. 'Uthmani "of or belonging to Arabic masc. proper name 'Uthman," which in Turk. is pronounced Othman (see Osmanli), name of the founder of the dynasty and empire. Ending alt. in It. by formation of a new false singular, because -i was a pl. inflection in It. 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).
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