Dictionary entry

Effendi (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ef‐fen″di (?), n., [Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr. �, fr. Gr. � a chief. See Authentic.] Master; sir; — a Turkish title of respect, applied esp. to a state official or man of learning, as one learned in the law, but often simply as the courtesy title of a gentleman.