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Definition of Janizary
1. n. A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.
Definition of Janizary
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of janissary) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Janizary
1. a Turkish soldier [n -ZARIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Janizary
Literary usage of Janizary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"To protect me from all insult, there had been appointed to attend me, when I went
out of the town, a janizary, who was, perhaps, the handsomest, ..."
2. The Ballads of Ireland by Edward Hayes, William Kenealy (1856)
"... leave us here to pray, Then leave us here to love, Our prayer will be that
you may rise With us to God above ! THE RETURNING janizary. ..."
3. Visit to Constantinople and Athens by Walter Colton (1836)
"... as an indignity to the embassy with which, for the time being, he becomes
identified. The person who attended us in this capacity had been a janizary; ..."
4. Letters from the East by William Cullen Bryant (1869)
"A janizary of the American Vice-Consul at Jerusalem.—His long staff.—Entrance
upon the hill-country.—A lunch under evergreen oaks. ..."
5. Travels in Asia Minor and Greece by Richard Chandler, Nicholas Revett (1825)
"... OUR TENT BESET OUR janizary SEIZED BEHAVIOUR OF AN AGA THIEVES THE WEATHER.
CONTINUING our journey, we lost sight of the river; the plain widened again, ..."
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