kaymakam/kʌɪməˈkɑːm/EtymologyFrom Ottoman Turkish قایمقام (kaymakam), from Arabic مَقَام قَائِم (qāʔim maqām, “stand in”).nounA lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; 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.”A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.A lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly; An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.