janizary

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Gag him," he added, pushing Thames rudely toward Quilt Arnold, "and convey him to the boat A word," cried the boy, as the janizary was preparing to obey his master's orders.

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  1. noun Variant of janissary.

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  1. Formerly also janisary, janissary, sometimes janizar, janiser, jannizer; from Old French jarnnissaire, French janissaire = Spanish Portuguese genizaro, Portuguese also janizaro = Italian giannizzero = Dutch janisaar= German janitschar (Middle Latin janizari, plural), from Turkish yeñicheri (in part conformed to the Italian), literally ‘new troops,’ from yeñi, new, + 'asker, army, soldier, plural asākir, soldiers, from Arabic 'askar, army, troop, 'askarīy, Persian 'askarī, a soldier.
 

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/ˈdʒænɪzəri/
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