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Definition of Effendis
1. effendi [n] - See also: effendi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Effendis
Literary usage of Effendis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lands of the Saracen: Or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and by Bayard Taylor (1864)
"... Land of Flowers—Turcoman Hospitality—The Exiled effendis—The Old Turcoman—A
Glimpse of Arcadia—A Landscape—Interested Friendship—The Valley of the ..."
2. Stirring Times: Or, Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853 to 1856 by James Finn (1878)
"... service in English Church—Rainfall and snow—Government granaries—Frauds of
the Official Inspectors —Bribery and cheating—The effendis too strong for the ..."
3. In the Palaces of the Sultan by Anna Bowman Dodd (1903)
"... effendis, the mothers of the Sultan's sometimes somewhat numerous family.
The family of the present Sultan is thought to be comparatively limited. ..."
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