bashi-bazouk
/bash-ee-buh-zook/US // ˌbæʃ i bəˈzuk //UK // (ˌbæʃɪbəˈzuːk) //
巴什-巴祖克
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : one of a class of irregular mounted troops in the Turkish military service.
Examples
The Hajji had refused to watch the horses when his turn came, and the caravan bashi had therefore thrashed him.
The caravan bashi was to receive 50 rupees a month and be selected with very great care.
Even a bashi-bazouk must have quailed before that amazing declaration and that patient resignation to fate.
The army was a curious collection of regular troops and volunteer soldiers, the latter what would be called 'Bashi-Bazouks.'
His little army of Bashi-Bazouks had annihilated more than one Siberian battalion.
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