Examples of 'janissary' in a sentence
Meaning of "janissary"
janissary (adjective): Referring to anything related to the Janissaries, the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards. It can also signify characteristics such as loyalty, discipline, or elite status
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- An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826); (by extension) any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
- An elite, highly loyal supporter.
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He wrote and requested a janissary costume from a museum.
But you could give me as a janissary.
The first janissary units comprised war captives and slaves.
The captive and the janissary.
The Janissary corps were distinctive in a number of ways.
That is why in some sources they are referred to as janissary border guards.
The Janissary corps was significant in a number of ways.
You will bear me a little Turkish janissary.
The Janissary legions will follow close behind.
Those who were brawny went to the Janissary corps.
Even the janissary corps in Istanbul was friendly to him.
I know all the chiefs of the Janissary corps.
For time to time a Janissary guard makes the rounds here.
Many of them ended up being deposed by the powerful Janissary corps.
So the toilet attendant and Janissary haul you off to court.
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Monsieur Chauderloz promised to loan me an interpreter and a tried and proven Janissary.
He advanced in Ottoman service from regular janissary to the position of mutesellim of Kragujevac.
No son of Rhodes will ever be conscripted into the janissary corps.
Janissary rebels installed their own government when the Ottoman governor fled.
He was a commander of the Janissary.
A Janissary despised sins and assisted the rulers with their accumulated knowledge.
This was because of the very high position a Janissary held in Ottoman society.
He joins the janissary cadet school in Istanbul and takes on the name Iskender.
He also restricted the legal prerogatives of the janissary and the Dey.
In the following battle the Janissary barracks took fire because of a heavy artillery attack.
This resulted in a relaxation of recruitment policy and a significant growth in Janissary corps numbers.
The Janissary understood this fact and suddenly lifted something into the air.
The sound imitated was that of the percussive Janissary music of the Turkish military bands.
The Janissary corps was the only infantry division of the Ottoman army.
They were not at the level that a unit with only one Janissary could kill.
Joseph and my Janissary did likewise.
The Janissary repression culminated in the terrible slaughter of prominent Serb leaders.
Bertan disappeared from the Janissary band.
The Turkish janissary then selected their own Dey as the new ruler.
He conferred the office on a Georgian janissary named Ramdhan.
Janissary archers and Akıncı light cavalry were deployed on the Franga plateau.
He rose through the Janissary corps.
The Janissary battalions are gathering in Etmeydanı.
Their leader was janissary Adem.
The Janissary Corps was finally abolished.
He had his origins in the Janissary corps of the Ottoman army.
Mamluk cavalry proved no match for the Ottoman artillery and Janissary infantry.
He attended the Janissary corps in Istanbul.
What kind of a brother can a janissary be?
The Janissary also starts with a free Promotion.
The toilet attendant and the Chief Janissary are both Brothers.
The Janissary riots.
Memoirs of a Janissary.
Thereafter, a janissary unit was stationed inside the fortress, alongside the Moldavian troops.
He is a Janissary.
