janissary

Definition of Janissary in English :

1. janissary

a loyal supporter

Example Sentences:
'every politician has a following of janissaries'

2. janissary

a Turkish soldier

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Janissary

noun plural -saries or -zaries

an infantryman in the Turkish army, originally a member of the sovereign's personal guard, from the 14th to the early 19th century

nounWord forms: plural ˈjanisˌsaries

1.

a soldier (orig. a slave) in the Turkish sultan's guard, established in the 14th cent. and abolished in 1826

2.

any Turkish soldier

3.

any very loyal or submissive follower or supporter

n. pl. jan·is·sar·ies

1. A soldier of the Ottoman Empire in an elite guard organized in the 1300s and abolished in 1826.

2. A member of a group of elite, highly loyal supporters.