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bashibazouk

/ ËŒ²úæʃɪ²úəˈ³ú³ÜË°ì /

noun

  1. (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
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Origin of bashibazouk1

C19: from Turkish ²ú²¹ÅŸ¾±²ú´Ç³ú³Ü°ì irregular soldier, from bas head + bozuk corrupt
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A handsome young Bashibazouk guards it, and a still handsomer mountaineer is the servant; so I draw them and the monastery and the hill, till I'm black in the face with heat and come on board to hear the Canea cable is still bad.

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