[Turk. aghā master.] A commander or chief officer in the Ottoman empire; originally a military title, but used also of civil officers and as a title of distinction.
1600. J. Pory, trans. Leo’s Africa, 386. Neither can they be judged by any but the Agaes.
1628. Digby, Voy. to Medit. (1868), 15. The Agaw, the principall officer next to the Bassa.
1667. Lond. Gaz., cxxxv/2. The Aga of the Janisaries in quality of paymaster to the Army.
1865. Daily Tel., 6 Nov., 5/5. The different tribes … and the aghas who are to command them.
