Definition of "effendis" [effendis]

• Plural form of effendi. (noun)

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• "According to her socialist view, the land was supposed to belong to the peasants who worked it and not to the effendis."
• "She had great difficulty accepting the socio-political reality of the country, which at the time was ruled by British imperialism and where the Zionist residents bought land from Arab effendis, which often caused the expulsion of the Arab tenant farmers who lived on the land."
• "She became well-known among the Arabs of Jaffa — effendis, sheikhs and Bedouin tribal leaders who lived on the sandy stretches south of the city."