kaimakam
noun
kai·ma·kam
variants or less commonly qaimaqam or qaimmaqam
¦kīmə¦käm
plural -s
: a lieutenant or deputy in the service of the Ottoman Empire
Word History
Etymology
Turkish kaymakam, from Arabic qā'im maqām deputy, from qā'im standing + maqām place
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