Associations to the word «Janissary»

Wiktionary

JANISSARY, noun. An elite, highly loyal supporter.
JANISSARY, noun. A soldier in a former elite Turkish guard.

Dictionary definition

JANISSARY, noun. A loyal supporter; "every politician has a following of janissaries".
JANISSARY, noun. A Turkish soldier.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope