A variant spelling of a historical term for a type of Turkish or Middle Eastern official, possibly a judicial or administrative officer.
From Turkish 'feridji' or similar variants, possibly related to 'ferman' (edict) or other Ottoman administrative terminology, indicating an official role.
These variant spellings—'feridgi,' 'feridjee,' 'feridji'—show how English writers struggled to transliterate Ottoman Turkish words, creating multiple 'correct' spellings of the same foreign term.
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