kaymakam

noun8

1. •
   A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts.
2. •
   A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.
3. •
   (historical) An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.
4. •
   (historical) An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.

   • He desird him to leave a charge with the Chimacham his Deputy. — 1645
5. •
   (historical) An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
6. •
   (historical) An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
7. •
   (historical) A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.
8. •
   (historical) Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.