member of the Ottoman infantry corps, the elite regiments of the Ottoman army.

Derived from Yeni çeri, literally, the "new corps"; a member of a very effective Turkish infantry corps, armed with fire-arms. Its members were originally drawn from the devsirme (the child) levy. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 623) Related terms: Devsirme

a Turkish soldier

a loyal supporter; "every politician has a following of janissaries"

See Janizary.

Janissary is a simple load and performance testing tool for web sites. Written in Java language as a command line tool, Janissary is primarily aimed for developers and site administrators use.