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bashi-bazouk
[ bash-ee-buh-zook ]
noun
- (formerly) one of a class of irregular mounted troops in the Turkish military service.
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˜yĞÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bashi-bazouk1
First recorded in 1850–55, bashi-bazouk is from the Turkish word ²ú²¹ÅŸÎ¹-²ú´Ç³ú³Ü°ì civilian, irregular, originally, leaderless, not attached (to a regular military unit), literally, (one) whose head (is) broken
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Gérôme’s canvas, which he painted over the winter of 1868-1869, depicts a so-called Bashi-Bazouk.
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A century later, “Bashi-Bazouk†was bought at auction by William Koch, the oil billionaire.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which owns “Bashi-Bazouk,†has another painting by Gérôme portraying a different model in the same colorful headdress.
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Still, the psychological subtlety in “Bashi-Bazouk†— the model’s breathing, proximate presence — tends to keep such speculation at bay.
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But what about the afterlife of “Bashi-Bazouk�
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