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.
janizary
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a variation of
janissary.
Example Sentences
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The despot stood deserted; not a janizary was left.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
The janizary then wrote down her request, and told her to go.
From The Women of the Arabs by Charles S. (Charles Seymour) Robinson
And this I did as soon as the janizary was gone, following him at a distance through the town and out into the suburbs, at an idle, sauntering gait.
From A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett
Down by the barn a tired janizary pumped water into a trough for two tired mules still in harness.
From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson
I could yet see no one, the janizary was beneath the brow of the hill in his descent.
From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Michael Russell
