JANISSARY

noun
19 Scrabble
21 WWF
J 8
A 1
N 1
I 1
S 1
S 1
A 1
R 1
Y 4

Definition

An infantry soldier, often of Christian descent and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826); by extension, any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.

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