bashi-bazouk
名词 n.
英 /bæʃɪbəˈzuːk/
英文释义
名词 n.
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An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, reputed to be undisciplined and brutal.
— In May 1876 the crisis deepened when Turkish irregular troops, known as bashi-bazouks, put twelve thousand Bulgarian Christians to the sword in a frenzy of blood-letting.
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词源
From Turkish başıbozuk, from Ottoman Turkish باشی بوزوق (“an irregular soldier”). Literally, “broken-head”.
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