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Wazir2|wəˈzɪə(r)|
Also Waziri; 9 Vazírí, Vizeeree, Wuzeerá, etc.
A member of a Pathan people of north-west Pakistan; also, this people collectively. Also attrib. or as adj.
1815M. Elphinstone Caubul iii. iii. 385 The Vizeerees are said to be tall and muscular. 1838in Parl. Papers 1839 XL. 29 The Vezeree territory. 1842C. Masson Journeys I. vii. 100 A few Vazírí huts. 1847H. B. Edwardes Diary 3 Dec. (1911) 156 A very extensive triangular Thull, or sand, occupied by the Vizeeree tribes. 1851R. G. Latham Ethnol. Brit. Colonies iv. 182 The mountaineers around them—the Vizeri—are a pure branch. 1873, etc. [see Mahsud]. 1924Ld. Ronaldshay India vii. 76 Our dealings with the Mahsud Waziris. 1957B. J. Gould Jewel in Lotus x. 134 The ‘girls’ were Wazir tribesmen and the welcome they received was a salvo of rapid fire. 1977J. Cleary High Road to China v. 163 The Mahsuds and Wazirs have..shot down several of our machines. Ibid. 175 The four Waziri..remained behind. |