The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reis Effendi
Reis Effendi \Reis` Ef*fen"di\ (r?s` ?f*f?n"d?). [See 2d Reis, and Effendi.] A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.
Usage examples of "reis effendi".
In the confusion of a defeat, the eye of Scanderbeg was fixed on the Reis Effendi or principal secretary: with the dagger at his breast, he extorted a firman or patent for the government of Albania.