janissaries

jan·is·sar·y (j

-s

) also jan·i·zar·y (-z

)

n. pl. jan·is·sar·ies also jan·i·zar·ies

1. A member of a group of elite, highly loyal supporters.

2. A soldier in an elite Turkish guard organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826.

[French janissaire, from Old French jehanicere, from Old Italian giannizero, from Ottoman Turkish yan cheri, new army : yan, new + cheri, special troops (from Middle Persian chrh, bravery, victory, from chr, brave, victorious).]

janissary [ˈdʒænɪsərɪ], janizary [ˈdʒænɪzərɪ]

n pl -saries, -zaries

(Military) an infantryman in the Turkish army, originally a member of the sovereign's personal guard, from the 14th to the early 19th century

[from French janissaire, from Italian giannizzero, from Turkish yeniçeri, from yeni new + çeri soldiery]

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Noun	1.	janissary - a loyal supporter; "every politician has a following of janissaries" follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another
	2.	Janissary - a Turkish soldier soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"

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dey follower janizary soldier	Armed and several in number, a squad of janissaries led by their commanding officer march back across the square and down the stony road leading to the inlet, where they conceal themselves behind a mound of rocks awaiting the rowing boat's laborious return. The 1821 bungled uprising by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus) VIRTUAL JANISSARIES TO ROAM OTTOMAN PALACE Istanbul's Topkapi Museum, once an Ottoman palace, is set to get a high-tech renovation with latest state-of-the-art equipment. TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (1) by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey) But however strange it may look at first, studying the Janissaries is a good way of looking at Islamisation, both in the context of externally conditioned causality (the forced separation of Christian youths from their families to turn them into warriors of Islam), and from the point of view of voluntary religious conversion. "Peasant" Janissaries? by Radushev, Evgeni / Journal of Social History	Janácek Janata Jandal Jane Jane Austen Jane Doe Jane Fonda Jane Goodall Jane Jacobs Jane Seymour Jane's Jane-of-apes Janeite Janesville Janet jangle jangled Jangler Jangleress Janglery jangling jangly Janiculum Janina Janis Joplin janissaries janissary janitor janitress Janizar Janizarian janizary Janker jankers janny janola Jansen Jansenism Jansenist jansky Jant Janthina Jantily Jantiness Jantu Janty January January 1 January 19 January 20 January 6	Janis Friedrich Alexander Baumanis Janis Grants Janis Jansons Janis Jaunsudrabinš Janis Jaunsudrabins Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin Janis Medinš Janis Medins Janis Osis Janis Ozols Janis Petrovich Zarinš Janis Petrovich Zarins Janis Poruks Janis Rainis Janis Rozentals Janis Silfs Janis Teodorovich Valters Janis Valters Janis Zarinš Janis Zarins Janis, Byron Janis, Elsie Janis, Sidney janissaries Janissary Janissary Janissary corps Janissary corps janitor Janitor Life Insurance Janitor Policy janitorial Janitorial Service Janitors Janitors Life Insurance Janitress Janitrix Janiuay Vocational High School Janizar Janizarian Janizaries Janizaries janizary janizary JANJ Janker jankers Janki Devi Memorial College Jankidevi Bajaj Gram Vikas Sanstha Janko Avram Janko jesensky Janko Jesenský

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Armed and several in number, a squad of janissaries led by their commanding officer march back across the square and down the stony road leading to the inlet, where they conceal themselves behind a mound of rocks awaiting the rowing boat's laborious return.

The 1821 bungled uprising by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

VIRTUAL JANISSARIES TO ROAM OTTOMAN PALACE Istanbul's Topkapi Museum, once an Ottoman palace, is set to get a high-tech renovation with latest state-of-the-art equipment.

TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (1) by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey)

But however strange it may look at first, studying the Janissaries is a good way of looking at Islamisation, both in the context of externally conditioned causality (the forced separation of Christian youths from their families to turn them into warriors of Islam), and from the point of view of voluntary religious conversion.

"Peasant" Janissaries? by Radushev, Evgeni / Journal of Social History

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