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Webster 1913 Edition

Janizary

Jan′i-za-ry

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Noun.
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pl.
Janizaries
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[F.
janissaire
, fr. Turk.
yeñi-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
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Janizary

JAN'IZARY

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Noun.
A soldier of the Turkish foot guards. The Janizaries were a body of infantry, and reputed the grand Seignor's guards. They became turbulent, and rising in arms against the Sultan, were attacked, defeated and destroyed in Constantinople, in June 1826.

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