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Janissary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An elite, highly loyal supporter.

n. A soldier in a former elite Turkish guard.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See janizary.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Obsolete forms of janizary.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a loyal supporter

n. a Turkish soldier

Word Usage

"I have fished you out of the water, I have brought you to life again, you belong to me as the creature belongs to the creator, as the efrits of fairytales belong to the genii, as the janissary to the Sultan, as the soul to the body."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

follower soldier

Cross Reference

Miles Christi

Variant

janizary

Form

janissary music

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