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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 10 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EFFENDI (a See also:Turkish word, corrupted from the Gr. wive rjr, a See also:lord or See also:master)  , a See also:title of respect, See also:equivalent to the See also:English " See also:sir," in the See also:Turkish See also:empire and some other eastern countries . It follows the See also:personal name, when that is used, and is generally given to members of the learned professions, and to See also:government officials who have no higher See also:rank, such as See also:Bey, See also:Pasha, &c . It may also indicate a definite See also:office, as Hakim See also:effendi,See also:chief physician g///!D NFO117////////~ Leptocephali . \\\t'ititti\\\t\\\\\\\\\W (By permission of J . & A . See also:Churchill.) to the See also:sultan . The possessive See also:form efendim (my See also:master) is used by servants and in formal intercourse .

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