Janissary Definition

jănĭ-sĕrē
janissaries, janizaries
noun
A soldier (orig. a slave) in the Turkish sultan's guard, established in the 14th cent. and abolished in 1826
Webster's New World
Any Turkish soldier.
Webster's New World
Any very loyal or submissive follower or supporter.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Janissary

Noun

Singular:
janissary
Plural:
janissaries

Origin of Janissary

  • French janissaire from Old French jehanicere from Old Italian giannizero from Ottoman Turkish yanī cheri new army yanī new cheri special troops (from Middle Persian chērīh bravery, victory) (from chēr brave, victorious)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French janissaire, from Italian gianizzero, from Turkish yeniçeri, from yeni (“new”) + çeri (“army”).

    From Wiktionary

Janissary Sentence Examples

  • In 1803 Jezzar of Acre advanced as near as Hamah; but his death occurred in the following year; and after a sanguinary rising in 1805, Aleppo settled down, but was not at peace, even after a local janissary massacre in 1814, till Mahmud II.

  • About 1500 was written an interesting little work entitled "'Memoirs of a Polish Janissary" (Pamietniki ianczara polaka).

  • On the I4th of June Klber was assassinated by a fanatic named Suleiman of Aleppo, said to have been incited to the deed by a Janissary refugee at Jerusalem, who had brought letters to the sheiks of the Azhar, who, however, refused to give him any encouragement.

  • The voivode Alexander, who succeeded in 1591, and like his predecessors had bought his post of the Divan, carried the oppression still further by introducing a janissary guard and farming out his possessions to his Turkish supporters.

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