janissary

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From French janissaire, from Italian gianizzero, from Turkish yeniçeri, from yeni (“new”) + çeri (“army”).

janissary (plural janissaries)

				1788
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1788, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, Federalist No. 67 -- The Executive Department:

We have been taught to tremble at the terrific visages of murdering janizaries, and to blush at the unveiled mysteries of a future seraglio.

former Turkish soldier

Arabic: إنكشاري (ar) (ʾinkišāriyy) m
Armenian: ենիչերի (hy) (eničeri)
Azeri: yeniçəri (az)
Belarusian: янычар (be) (janyčár) m
Bulgarian: еничар (bg) (eničár) m, яничар (bg) (janičár) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 土耳其新軍 (cmn), 土耳其新军 (cmn) (Tǔ'ěrqí xīnjūn), 土耳其禁衛軍 (cmn), 土耳其禁卫军 (cmn) (Tǔ'ěrqí jìnwèijūn)
Czech: janičář (cs) m
Finnish: janitsaari (fi)
French: janissaire (fr) m
Georgian: იანიჩარი (ka) (ianič'ari)
German: Janitschar (de) m
Greek: γενίτσαρος (el) (genítsaros) m
Hungarian: janicsár (hu)
Italian: giannizzero (it) m
Japanese: イェニチェリ (ja) (yenicheri)
Kazakh: жаңа шерік (kk) (jaña şerik)