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Definition of janissary

Janissary
Janissary Jan"is*sa*ry, n. See Janizary.
janissary
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 janissary from wikipedia

- A janissary (Ottoman Turkish: یڭیچری, romanized: yeŋiçeri, [jeniˈtʃeɾi], lit. 'new soldier') was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the...
- The janissary revolts were a series of revolts by slave soldiers known as janissaries in the Ottoman Empire. Buçuktepe rebellion (1446) Janissary revolt...
- the Janissaries or Janissary Agha (Turkish: Yeniçeri ağası) was a top Ottoman military official and courtier, and the commander of the Janissary corps...
- The Orta is the main military division of the janissary odjak, which initially under the reign of Sultan Murad I numbered 1,000 new soldiers divided into...
- This is a list of the Aghas of the Janissaries, the commanders of the Janissary corps from the early 16th century to the early 19th century. Yıldız 2018...
- disbandment of the centuries-old Janissary Corps by Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826. Most of the 135,000 Janissaries revolted against Mahmud II, and after...
- Janissaries are a series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are...
- The Janissary Tree is a historical mystery novel set in Istanbul in 1836, written by Jason Goodwin. It is the first in the Yashim the Detective series...
- received the gift of a Turkish military band at some time after 1710." "Janissary" or "janizary" refers to the Turkish military band that used instruments...
- sipahi formed their own distinctive social classes and were rivals to the janissaries, the elite infantry corps of the sultans. A variant of the term "sipahi"...