Definition of "kaimakam" [kaimakam]

• The governor of a sanjak in Turkey (noun)

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• "Christians which gave me no rest, I went to visit the newly-arrived kaimakam, or governor, one of the celebrated 'Abdu'l-Hadi family of"
• "It was not a better entertainment than that of the kaimakam yesterday; perhaps, it would not be desirable for him to surpass the constituted authority of the city in such matters."
• ""I am a man who knows, among other things, the name of him who bribed the kaimakam. * on Chakallu," Kagig answered slowly, also in English."