Bashi-bazouk
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bash·i-ba·zouk 
[bash-ee-buh-zook] Pronunciation Key
[bash-ee-buh-zook] Pronunciation Key –noun
| (formerly) one of a class of irregular mounted troops in the Turkish military service. |
[Origin: 1850–55; < Turk başι-bozuk civilian, irregular, orig., leaderless, not attached (to a regular military unit), lit., (one) whose head (is) broken]
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Bashi-bazouk
Bash"i-ba*zouk"\, n. [Turkish, light-headed, a foolish fellow.] A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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