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Definition of Ottomans
1. ottoman [n] - See also: ottoman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ottomans
Literary usage of Ottomans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1900)
"The ottomans cannot style themselves, like the Arabian caliphs, the descendants
or successors of the apostle of God; and the kindred which they claim with ..."
2. The History of the Balkan Peninsula: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Ferdinand Schevill (1922)
"Never since the first appearance of the ottomans did the Christian states — the
Greek empire, Bulgaria, and Serbia — have a better opportunity to shake off ..."
3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"Their efforts might have instructed the Christian powers ; and had they occupied,
with a confederate fleet, the Straits of Gallipoli, the ottomans, ..."
4. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The history of the Eastern Empire, and that of the ottomans in connexion with it,
... The ottomans grew out of a mans. Turkish band who served the Seljuk ..."
5. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The history of the Eastern Empire, and that of ' the ottomans in connexion with it,
... The ottomans grew out of a 1 he Otto- ° fc man*. ..."
6. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"CHAPTER VL Furniture of Egyptian Rooms—Chairs, Stools, ottomans, Mats, Conches,
... couches and ottomans formed part of the furniture of an Egyptian saloon. ..."
7. A Condensed History of Modern Times by Victor Duruy (1900)
"The ottomans were apparently the foe whom Italy had most to dread. ... These two
parties by taking turns at fighting the ottomans were to keep them within ..."
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