bashi-bazouk

[ bash-ee-buh-zook ]

/ ˌbæʃ i bəˈzuk /

noun

(formerly) one of a class of irregular mounted troops in the Turkish military service.

Origin of bashi-bazouk

First recorded in 1850–55, bashi-bazouk is from the Turkish word başι-bozuk civilian, irregular, originally, leaderless, not attached (to a regular military unit), literally, (one) whose head (is) broken

Words nearby bashi-bazouk

base unit, bash, Bashan, bashaw, bashful, bashi-bazouk, bashing, Bashkir, Bashkir Autonomous Republic, Bashkir Republic, Bashkirtseff

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Example sentences from the Web for bashi-bazouk

But may I ask what all this means, and why you were hiding behind my curtains as though you were a burglar or a Bashi-Bazouk?
Molly Bawn|Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
Even a bashi-bazouk must have quailed before that amazing declaration and that patient resignation to fate.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day
As I looked six spearmen started out and spurred full speed at our Bashi-Bazouk, who was some two hundred yards behind us.
Tent Work in Palestine|Claude Reignier Conder
I get twenty doldars for a real odalisk and fifteen for a bashi-bazouk.
Felix O'Day|F. Hopkinson Smith

There is something about him as exotic as a samovar, as essentially un-American as a bashi-bazouk, a nose-ring or a fugue.
A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken

British Dictionary definitions for bashi-bazouk

bashibazouk

/ (ˌbæʃɪbəˈzuːk) /

noun

(in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality

Word Origin for bashibazouk

C19: from Turkish başibozuk irregular soldier, from bas head + bozuk corrupt

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	bashi-bazouk
释义	bashi-bazouk [ bash-ee-buh-zook ] / ˌbæʃ i bəˈzuk / noun (formerly) one of a class of irregular mounted troops in the Turkish military service. Origin of bashi-bazouk First recorded in 1850–55, bashi-bazouk is from the Turkish word başι-bozuk civilian, irregular, originally, leaderless, not attached (to a regular military unit), literally, (one) whose head (is) broken Words nearby bashi-bazouk base unit, bash, Bashan, bashaw, bashful, bashi-bazouk, bashing, Bashkir, Bashkir Autonomous Republic, Bashkir Republic, Bashkirtseff Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bashi-bazouk But may I ask what all this means, and why you were hiding behind my curtains as though you were a burglar or a Bashi-Bazouk? Molly Bawn\|Margaret Wolfe Hamilton Even a bashi-bazouk must have quailed before that amazing declaration and that patient resignation to fate. The Skipper and the Skipped\|Holman Day As I looked six spearmen started out and spurred full speed at our Bashi-Bazouk, who was some two hundred yards behind us. Tent Work in Palestine\|Claude Reignier Conder I get twenty doldars for a real odalisk and fifteen for a bashi-bazouk. Felix O'Day\|F. Hopkinson Smith There is something about him as exotic as a samovar, as essentially un-American as a bashi-bazouk, a nose-ring or a fugue. A Book of Prefaces\|H. L. Mencken British Dictionary definitions for bashi-bazouk bashibazouk / (ˌbæʃɪbəˈzuːk) / noun (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality Word Origin for bashibazouk C19: from Turkish başibozuk irregular soldier, from bas head + bozuk corrupt Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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