<noun.person> every politician has a following of janissaries
a Turkish soldier
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Janissary \Jan"is*sa*ry\, n. See {Janizary}.
Janizary \Jan"i*za*ry\, n.; pl. {Janizaries}. [F. janissaire, fr. Turk. ye[~n]i-tsheri new soldiers or troops.] A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. [written also {janissary}.]