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Definitions of janissary in various dictionaries:
noun - a loyal supporter
noun - a Turkish soldier
A member of a group of elite, highly loyal supporters.
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| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Apr 2 2010 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Dec 20 2009 L.A. Times Sunday |
| Mar 10 2009 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Sep 4 2008 The Times - Cryptic |
| Oct 17 1997 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| a member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard between the 14th and 19th centuries. |
| A member of a group of elite, highly loyal supporters. |
| A soldier in an elite Turkish guard organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826. |
| a Turkish soldier |
| a loyal supporter |
| Janissary might refer to |
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| The Janissaries (Ottoman Turkish: yeñiçeri [jenitei], meaning "new soldier") were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops, bodyguards and the first modern standing army in Europe. The corps was most likely established during the reign of Murad I (136289).They began as an elite corps of slaves made up of kidnapped young Christian boys who were forcefully converted to Islam, and became famed for internal cohesion cemented by strict discipline and order. Unlike typical slaves, they were paid regular salaries. Forbidden to marry or engage in trade, their complete loyalty to the Sultan was expected. By the seventeenth century, due to a dramatic increase in the size of the Ottoman standing army, the corps' initially strict recruitment policy was relaxed. Civilians bought their way into it in order to benefit from the improved socioeconomic status it conferred upon them. Consequently, the corps gradually lost its military character, undergoing a process that ha |