: a man of property, authority, or education in an eastern Mediterranean country
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAnd David, once dignified with the Turkish honorific effendi, would die in Auschwitz with much of his family in 1943.The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020
Word History
Etymology
Turkish efendi master, from Modern Greek aphentēs, alteration of Greek authentēs — more at authentic