Definition for JAN'I-ZA-RY

JAN'I-ZA-RY, n. [Turkish, yeniskeri; yeni and askari, new troops. Eton.]

A soldier of the Turkish foot guards. The Janizaries were a body of infantry, and reputed the Grand Seignor's guards. They became turbulent, and rising in arms against the Sultan, were attacked, defeated, and destroyed in Constantinople, in June, 1826.

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