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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Janizary \Jan"i*za*ry\, n.; pl. {Janizaries}. [F. janissaire, fr. Turk. ye[?]i-tsheri new soldiers or troops.] A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. [written also {janissary}.] | |
