‖ bostangi
(bɒˈstændʒɪ)
Also bostangee, -dgy.
[a. Turk. bostānjī ‘a soldier of one of the corps of guards of the Sultan's palace’ (Redhouse); lit. ‘keeper of the garden’, f. bostān (Pers.) a garden.]
A Turkish guard of the palace.
| 1694 Lond. Gaz. No. 2989/1 A Capigi, with several Bostangies was dispatched after him to bring him back. 1717 Lady M. W. Montague Lett. 31 I. 106 He was preceded..by the spahis and bostangees (these are foot and horse⁓guards). 1753 Hanway Trav. (1762) II. xiii. ii. 286 One of the principal officers of the bostangis. 1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey 812 The Bostandgys and other attendants immediately formed a line. |