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What is a janissary?

What is a janissary? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) An infantry soldier, often Christian, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826); by extension, any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
  2. (figuratively) An elite, highly loyal supporter.
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A special type of slave soldier was the Ottoman janissary.
By this time the janissary was beside himself with rage at so much opposition.
Just at this moment they stopped in front of the house of the janissary Aga.
This, as the Jew had told him, seemed very simple to the janissary.
This janissary army was a means of integrating non-Ottomans into the structure of the empire.
Cairo janissaries are recruited from among the children of janissary families, which gives them a sense of camaraderie and superiority.

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