BEG'LERBEG, noun [See Beg.] The governor of a province in the Turkis empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier. Each has three ensigns or staves, trimmed with a horse tail, to distinguish him from a bashaw, who has two, and a beg, who has one. His province is called beglerbeglik.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.