Ottoman

a. [Fr. ottoman, It. ottomano, ottomanno, Sp. otomano; — from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300.] Pertaining to, or derived from, the empire of Turkey; as, the Ottoman power or empire.

n.; pl. ŎT'TO-MANS. 1. A Turk. 2. [Fr. ottomane, Sp. otomana.] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey, and afterward elsewhere.