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Bashi-bazouk
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Bash′i-ba-zouk′
(băsh′ĭ-bȧ-zoōk′)
, Noun.
[Turkish, light-headed, a foolish fellow.]
A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.
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bashi-bazouk
bashi-bazouk
See also: bashibazouk
English
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Noun
bashi-bazouk (plural bashi-bazouks)
- An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 336:
- In May 1876 the crisis deepened when Turkish irregular troops, known as bashi-bazouks, put twelve thousand Bulgarian Christians to the sword in a frenzy of blood-letting.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 336:
Derived terms
- bashibazoukery