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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BASHIBAZOUK

From Turkish başibozuk irregular soldier, from bas head + bozuk corrupt.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BASHIBAZOUK

bashibazouk  [ˌbæʃɪbəˈzuːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASHIBAZOUK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bashibazouk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BASHIBAZOUK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bashibazouk

Bashi-bazouk

A bashi-bazouk or bashibazouk was an irregular soldier of the Ottoman army. They were particularly noted for their lack of discipline.

Definition of bashibazouk in the English dictionary

The definition of bashibazouk in the dictionary is one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BASHIBAZOUK


bouk
buːk
caoutchouc
ˈkaʊtʃuːk
chinook
tʃɪˈnuːk
douc
duːk
duke
djuːk
ewk
juːk
fluke
fluːk
juke
dʒuːk
kook
kuːk
Luke
luːk
mook
muːk
nuke
njuːk
puke
pjuːk
rebuke
rɪˈbjuːk
snook
snuːk
souk
suːk
spook
spuːk
suq
suːk
uke
juːk
zouk
zuːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BASHIBAZOUK

bash
bash up
Bashan
bashaw
bashawism
bashawship
bashed in
bashful
bashfully
bashfulness
Bashkir
Bashkir Republic
Bashkiria
Bashkirtseff
Bashkortostan
bashless
bashlik
bashment
basho
bashtag

WORDS THAT END LIKE BASHIBAZOUK

auk
chabouk
chibouk
Datuk
douk
drouk
jouk
Kirkuk
Norodom Sihanouk
padauk
padouk
Pamuk
plouk
Sihanouk
taluk
tuk-tuk
uk
Volapuk
youk
yuk

Synonyms and antonyms of bashibazouk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bashibazouk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BASHIBAZOUK

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The translations of bashibazouk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bashibazouk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

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Translator English - Spanish

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Translator English - Hindi

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Translator English - Bengali

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Translator English - French

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Translator English - Malay

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Translator English - German

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Translator English - Japanese

bashibazouk
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Translator English - Korean

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Translator English - Javanese

Bashibazouk
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bashibazouk
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bashibazouk
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाशिबझाऊक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bashibazouk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

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Translator English - Polish

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Translator English - Ukrainian

bashibazouk
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Translator English - Romanian

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Translator English - Greek

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

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Translator English - Norwegian

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Trends of use of bashibazouk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BASHIBAZOUK»

The term «bashibazouk» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.729 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BASHIBAZOUK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bashibazouk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASHIBAZOUK»

Discover the use of bashibazouk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bashibazouk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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With the Conquering Turk: Confessions of a Bashi-Bazouk, ...
This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts.
George Warrington Steevens, 2011
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Aspects of the development of the Bulgarian nation
During the defence operations one young Muslim Bulgarian killed 10 Circassians . After three unsuccessful Circassian and bashibazouk attacks the town was saved from being plundered and razed by the concerted efforts of both Christian and ...
Georgi I︠A︡nkov, 1989
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Writes of Passage: Reading Travel Writing
Smith,A. (1884) Glimpsesof Greek Life and Scenery, London: Hurst andBlackett. Spencer, T.(1954) Fair Greece, Sad Relic, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Steevens,G.W. (1897) Withthe Conquering Turk: Confessions of a BashiBazouk,  ...
James Duncan, Derek Gregory, 2002
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French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of the ...
The traditional title of this picture, BashiBazouk, was the name given to a kind of military reserve who volunteered for combat in such emergencies as the Crimean War. These irregular troops, who acquired an exag~ gerated reputation for ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Charles Sterling, 1967
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The Enemy: A Review of Art and Literature
Like other popularisers, he tends to degrade and cheapen systematically the " message " of which he is the bagman or Bashibazouk. (7) The " adolescent state- of-mind " and revolutionary views. You often hear it said that Communism or ...
Wyndham Lewis, David Peters Corbett, 1994
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Victors and Lords
The final desperate battle had been fought on 22nd June and the Russian withdrawal had begun two days later. Alex had been overjoyed to meet the older man again. He had originally volunteered for service in Turkey at the BashiBazouk ...
V. A. Stuart, 2001
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Diaghilev: A Life
I know you'll accuse me of a certain impulsiveness, of an excess of youth, and that you generally think of me as a young Bashibazouk ... I sympathise with all arguments for caution and tact, which are necessary in politics, but sometimes these ...
Sjeng Scheijen, 2010
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
Bashfulness, shyness, timidity, modesty, shrinking from notice clM, <l<=w(Hffltfdl, T3R9, 3TTfc 3 I Bashibazouk ^RllHv^ n. an irregular .unpaid volunteer of the Turkish army 3mt, <J^f ^TT ^ 3lfH*lfHd T3^ 3lAdfH+ RlMl^l I Bashkir <mr*U n. a ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
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A Book of Prefaces:
There is something about him as exotic asa samovar, as essentially unAmerican asa bashibazouk,a nosering orafugue.He is filled tothethrottle with strange and unnationalheresies. He ranks Beethoven miles above thenative gods, and not ...
Henry Louis Mencken, 2014
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Voices from the Zulu War
It would be difficult to imagine anything more irregular than the majority of the rank and file of these latter bodies: the Turkish title, Bashibazouk, seems alone suited in its sound adequately to describe them. Their regimental titles were also  ...
Ian Knight, 2011

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