Donald MacQueen wrote:
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> Was bedeutet Janissaire, por favor? Merci.

Good Question. I found this (at http://projects.ghostwheel.com/dictionary/Janizaries):

>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

                           Janizary \Jan"i*za*ry\, n.; pl. {Janizaries}. [F. janissaire,
                              fr. Turk. ye?i-tsheri new soldiers or troops.]
                              A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the
                              nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.
                              [written also {janissary}.]