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çif|çi' nm [Hist] sharecropper on a baronial estate, tenant farmer çif|li'g nm (np ~gje) [Hist] 1 hereditary quasi-private estate in the later Ottoman Empire: baronial estate, manor; manor house, buildings, and surrounding land 2 [Colloq] field on a farm çif|lig|a'r III§ n [Hist] 1 land baron 2 [Pej] arrogant and ruthless profiteer IV§ adj 1 of or pertaining to the manor system, manorial 2 [Pej] baronial, ruthlessly exploitative, arrogant