Usually means: Irregular soldiers in Ottoman army.
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  1. bashi-bazouk: Merriam-Webster
  2. Bashi-Bazouk, bashi-bazouk: Wordnik
  3. bashi-bazouk: Wiktionary
  4. bashi-bazouk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. bashi-bazouk: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Bashi-bazouk, bashi-bazouk: Dictionary.com
  7. Bashi-bazouk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Bashi-bazouk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. bashi-bazouk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Bashi-bazouk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. bashi-bazouk: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Bashi-bazouk: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bashi-bazouk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Bashi-bazouk: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bashi-bazouk)

▸ noun:  An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, reputed to be undisciplined and brutal.

Similar:
bashibazouk, Bassa, bassaw, basso, Qezelbash, Kizilbash, basaji, mustahfiz, bostanji, bashawism, more...

Opposite:
orderly, disciplined, organized

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Similar:
bashibazouk, Bassa, bassaw, basso, Qezelbash, Kizilbash, basaji, mustahfiz, bostanji, bashawism, more...

Opposite:
orderly, disciplined, organized



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