Also cadilisker, -escher, -esher, cadelesher, kadilesker. [f. prec. + Turk. leskar, ad. Pers. lashkar army: his jurisdiction originally extended to soldiers.] A chief judge in the Turkish empire.
1686. Lond. Gaz., No. 2196/1. Hussain Effendi Cadilisker of Romelia is made Great Mufti. Ibid. (1688), No. 2328/1. The Kadileskers, or chief Judges. Ibid. (1703), No. 3911/1. The Grand Signior had declared the Multi’s Son Cadilescher, or Judge Advocate.
1721–90. Bailey, Cadelesher, Cadilesher, a chief Magistrate in Turkey, of which there are but two. [In mod. Dicts.]
