giannizzerato
Italian
Etymology
From giannizzero + -ato.
Noun
giannizzerato m (plural giannizzerati)
- janissaryship
- 1851, Storia d'Algeri, page 318:
- Il giannizzerato costituito da Orcano nel 1347 e i soldati che lo componevano furono da principio schiavi cristiani, che il sultano prendeva qua e là nelle diverse sue spedizioni; ma in seguito anco de'Turchi vi furono ammessi.
- The janissaryship constituted by Orcano in 1347 and the soldiers who made it up were at first Christian slaves, whom the sultan took here and there in his various expeditions; but later also some Turks were admitted.
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