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Meanings of bashibazouk in English

Russian
башибузуки
Portuguese
bashi-bazouk
Catalan
bashi bozuk askeri
Spanish
bashi-bazouk

Irregular soldier of the Ottoman army.

        башибузуки
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        Examples for "bashi-bazouk"
        Examples for "bashi-bazouk"
        1
        Fellow-soldier, be a scalawag, be a bashi-bazouk, be a Billy-Wilsoneer, if you wish to see the fun in the van!
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 / A Magazine...
        2
        At worst I can turn my hand to doctoring Bashi-bazouks.
        Two Years Ago, Volume II.
        3
        When we clattered into the cobbled street, we found a solitary Bashi-Bazouk armed with a Winchester repeating rifle.
        Recollections / With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a n...
        4
        You go as a dignified soldier of her Majesty's; I as an undignified Abel Drugger, to dose Bashi-bazouks.
        Two Years Ago, Volume II.
        5
        Poor Jake, he was a fine, swaggering fellow; a smart sailor, and as brave as a Turkish Bashi-Bazouk.
        The Shellback's Progress / In the Nineteenth Century