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PORTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Porte mean?
• PORTE (noun)
The noun PORTE has 1 sense:
1. the Ottoman court in Constantinople
Familiarity information: PORTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Ottoman court in Constantinople
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Porte; Sublime Porte
Hypernyms ("Porte" is a kind of...):
court; royal court (the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state)
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