Definition of "janizary" []

• Variant of janissary. (noun)

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• "Having nothing else to amuse his solitude, he employed himself in contriving some plan to gratify his curiosity, in despite of the sedulous caution of Janet and the old Highland janizary, for he had never seen the young fellow since the first morning."
• "It was the Turk -- a fellow who had been a janizary, and had the reputation of not knowing what fear was."
• "Down by the barn a tired janizary pumped water into a trough for two tired mules still in harness."