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Italian
Etymology
From giannizzero + -ato.
Noun
giannizzerato m (plural giannizzerati)
- janissaryship
1840, Constantinopoli effigiata e descritta, page 288:Chi percorreva la carriera del Giannizzerato, […]- Who lived with the career of the 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.
2008, Les Italiens d'Istanbul au XXe siècle: entre préservation, page 49:[…] se si ricordano alcuni casi di morte cruenta negli anni che segnano la fine del giannizzerato, […]- if one remembers some cases of bloody death in the years following the end of the janissaryship,