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Definition of Janizary

Janizary
Janizary Jan"i*za*ry, n.; pl. Janizaries. [F. janissaire, fr. Turk. ye?i-tsheri new soldiers or troops.] A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. [written also janissary.]

Meaning of Janizary from wikipedia

- A janissary (Ottoman Turkish: یڭیچری, romanized: yeŋiçeri, [je.ˈŋi.t͡ʃe.ɾ̞i], lit. 'new soldier') was a member of the elite infantry units that formed...
- gift of a Turkish military band at some time after 1710." "Janissary" or "janizary" refers to the Turkish military band that used instruments including drums...
- class. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. "Janissary corps, or Janizary, or Yeniçeri (Turkish military)". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. "The...
- p. 210. ISBN 978-1-5076-3130-0. James M. Ludlow: The Captain of the Janizaries Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb; Johannes Hendrik Kramers; Bernard...
- a letter Augustus Darvell, a wealthy, elderly man Suleiman, a Turkish janizary Byron's unfinished short story, also known as "A Fragment" and "The Burial:...
- Island. March 14: Trend Micro website successfully hacked by Turkish hacker Janizary (aka Utku). April 4: Conficker worm infiltrated millions of PCs worldwide...
- one having a pouch full; they had furred caps with coped crowns like Janizaries, which made them look very fierce, and some had long hoods hanging down...
- serving the Turkish emperor Carpenters A nun Citizens of Malta, Turkish janizaries, guards, attendants, slaves The play opens with the character Machiavel...
- Papers, vol. 2, p. 167, 168. Horniker, A. N. (1944). The Corps of the Janizaries. Military Affairs 8(3), 177–04. Ilgurel, M. (1988). Acemi Oglani. In Diyanet...
- entire duration of their service; "a deliberately expatriated band of Janizaries, with an obligation only to the Commission and the race, and welded together...