Ot"to*man , n.;
pl. Ottomans (&?;). 1. A Turk.
2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.]
A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.
Ot"to*man (?), a. [F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano, ottomanno; -- from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who
assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300. Cf. Osmanli, Ottoman
a stuffed seat.]
Of or pertaining to the Turks; as,
the Ottoman power or empire.
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