janissary
noun
a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan.
janissaries
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pluralof janissary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So Bovino and his janissaries posing in front of the Hollywood sign comes off like a hunter posing in front of his killed prey or a taunting postcard to L.A.:
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
It was sponsored by the state in many case: the Ottoman royal court supported the Mevlevi, the janissaries the Bektashi, in Mughal India the Chishti, etc..
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2016
The other was a force that Abbas recruited from the Christian north and modeled after the Ottoman janissaries.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
An elite force of 30,000 soldiers known as janissaries was trained to be loyal to the sultan only.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The janissaries, not knowing what power was approaching to the succor of Jvanyets, were really withdrawing toward the river.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
