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bashibazouk

Meaning of "bashibazouk" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BASHIBAZOUK

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

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BASHIBAZOUK

ˌbæʃɪbəˈzuːk


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?

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 · caoutchouc · chinook · douc · duke · ewk · fluke · juke · kook · Luke · mook · nuke · puke · rebuke · snook · souk · spook · suq · uke · zouk

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

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bashibazouk
180 millions of speakers
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bashibazouk
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Bashibazouk
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bashibazouk
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bashibazouk
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बाशिबझाऊक
75 millions of speakers
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bashibazouk
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASHIBAZOUK»

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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
REFERENCE
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