aga
/ˈɑɡə/
noun
- A title of respect for a high-ranking military or civil officer in the Ottoman Empire or modern Turkey.
- The aga commanded the garrison with authority.
- In Ottoman times, an aga was often in charge of the janissaries.
- The village elders still refer to the local leader as aga.
- A type of large, heavy, cast-iron range or cooker, originally from Sweden.
- An aga keeps the kitchen warm in winter.
- They cooked the stew slowly on the aga all day.
- The kitchen was centered around a cream-colored aga.
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