ghazi
Americannoun
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a Muslim soldier, especially one fighting against non-Muslims.
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(initial capital letter) a title given in Turkey to a victorious sultan, general, etc.
noun
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a Muslim fighter against infidels
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(often capital) a Turkish warrior of high rank
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Etymology
Origin of ghazi
First recorded in 1745–55, ghazi is from the Arabic word ghāzī
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Then from a service point of view, and as a matter of caste, Barlow went ghazi.
From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander
The small inscription at the side reads "el ghazi," the victorious, one of the titles of the Sultan.
From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.
Yet the man they miscall ghazi sought but the key to Khinjan Caves, with no thought at all about Heaven!
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
Their advance was made steadily and in perfect silence, without a shout or a word of any kind, unlike the yelling charge of the Afghan ghazi.
From The Story of the Guides by Younghusband, G. J.
Yet, but for the mission school, Muzaffar Khan might have been the ghazi himself.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
Like the Seljuks, they regarded themselves as ghazis, warriors who fought to expand and protect the borders and influence of Islam, and this recognition came to form an important part of Ottoman Turkish identity.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The 28th Punjab Infantry were the first to open fire; then the Guides, the 67th, and 92nd, each in their turn, greeted by their volleys the ghazis who approached close to the walls.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh
After consulting with Colonel St. John, he determined to adopt the latter course, as he hoped thus to be able to deal with the ghazis before they were joined by Ayub Khan.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh
On Monday night the villages on the east and south were abandoned by their mixed garrisons of ghazis and regulars.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh
The burning days and frosty nights of the Afghan uplands were more fatal than the rifles of Ayub and the knives of the ghazis.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
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