giannizzerato

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Italian

Etymology

From giannizzero +‎ -ato.

Noun

giannizzerato m (plural giannizzerati)

  1. 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,