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Meanings of janizaries in inglés
Member of an elite Ottoman military unit (active 1363–1826)
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Examples for "janissary"
Examples for "janissary"
1
An exceptional assassin would have fled-evena superbly trained Salmalin janissary.
2
A Mohammedan presses his janissary's cap over the crown of thorns.
3
Besides, the janissary of the Consulate had showed us the way to his house.
4
We sent Mohammed and the janissary on shore, to see what could be done.
5
The janissary who accompanied us, and who was clothed in red, had a much more military air.
Usage of janizaries in inglés
1
This infantry of the janizaries was the first standing army in Europe.
2
Enraged at this intended marriage, the janizaries formed a conspiracy to dethrone the emperor.
3
The dey went to Naples, the janizaries went to Turkey, and Algeria became French.
4
Tyrants have trembled, surrounded by whole armies of their janizaries.
5
The Emperor fell amid a heap of slain, and a column of janizaries rushed into
6
The janizaries, whose intervention often decided battles, numbered in 1520 only 12,000.
7
Lannes attacked the two thousand janizaries; Murat turned them, cut them in pieces, and drove them into the sea.
8
The gate of Charsias and the quarter of Blachern were also assailed by chosen regiments of janizaries in overwhelming numbers.
9
The sultan, that had advanced him, was murdered by the janizaries, and his successour had other views, and different favourites.
10
Mohand ou Mohand was the first to spring upon our deck, and behind came his janizaries and half a score of seamen.
11
And between renegades, janizaries, and mothers of all nations, the blood of many a Turk must be physically anything rather than Turkish.
12
They were not, they said, mere janizaries; mercenary troops enlisted for hire, and to be disposed of at the will of their paymasters.
13
We have been taught to tremble at the terrific visages of murdering janizaries, and to blush at the unveiled mysteries of a future seraglio.
14
Of these the superior class were called ulubalang, and the inferior amba-raja, who were entirely devoted to his service and resembled the janizaries of Constantinople.
15
He even talked of ordering his admiral, Baltaoghlu, to be impaled on the spot; but the janizaries present compelled even Mahomet to restrain his vengeance.
16
The loss of Erzeroum is to be attributed to the Janizaries.
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