Definition of "janisaries" []

• Plural form of janisary. (noun)

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• "On one side of this port, in the form of a half-moon, there are five block-houses, or small forts, in which there are some good pieces of artillery, and they are occupied by about an hundred janisaries."
• "Barret, our consul, accompanied by his people and janisaries."
• "Turk has here five hundred janisaries always in garrison, besides other soldiers; but his chief force consists in twenty-five or thirty fine gallies, well furnished with good ordnance."