Definition of divan
1a
: the privy council of the Ottoman Empire
b
: council
2
: a council chamber
3
: a large couch usually without back or arms often designed for use as a bed
4
: a collection of poems in Persian or Arabic usually by one author
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The first known use of divan was in 1586
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