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Definition of: janizary
(jan′ə·zer′ē) noun plural ·zar·ies
One of the former bodyguards of the Turkish sultans, originally composed of young prisoners trained to arms: suppressed in 1826; also, sometimes, any Turkish soldier. Also jan′i·sar·y, jan′is·sar·y. [<F janissaire <Turkish yenīcheri new army]
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