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bashibazouk
/ ˌæʃɪəˈː /
noun
- (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bashibazouk1
C19: from Turkish şdzܰ 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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