ProphetesAI is thinking...
bostangi
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
bostangi
‖ 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 dispa...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Bostanji
A bostanji (also spelled bostandji or bostangi; from , literally "gardener") was a member of one of the types of imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
bustangee
buˈstangee obs. form of bostangi.1686 Lond. Gaz. No. 2196/1 The Grand Signior..doubled his Guard of Bustangees.
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
steerage
steerage (ˈstɪərɪdʒ) Forms: 5–7 sterage, 6–7 stirrage, 7 stearage, -idge, (styrage, stieridge), 7–8 steeridge, (7 -edge, 8 -adge), 6– steerage. [f. steer v.1 + -age.] 1. The action, practice or method of steering a boat or ship; the guidance of a balloon or airship, rarely of a carriage.c 1450 Brut ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai