kaimakam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kaymakam,[1] from Arabic قَائِم مَقَام‎ (qāʾim maqām).

Noun

kaimakam (plural kaimakams)

  1. (obsolete) the governor of a sanjak in Turkey

Synonyms

References
  1. "Caimacam." Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. 2009.
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