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yuzbashi|juːzˈbɑːʃɪ| Also Yuzbachi, Yuz-bashi, Yuzbashi. [a. Turk. yüzbaşı, lit. ‘one who is head of a hundred’, f. yüz hundred + baş head.] A captain in the Turkish army; in the Turkish navy, a first lieutenant. Cf. bimbashi.
1876[see bimbashi]. 1907Blackw. Mag. June 806/2 Our procession was headed by a Yuz-bashi. 1908M. Pickthall Children of Nile xxxiii. 268 Word of his coolness during the bombardment having reached the ear of power, he found himself raised to the rank of yuzbashi and honoured with a small command. 1920Glasgow Herald 21 Jan. 4 The author..is an umquile Yuzbashi of the Imperial Ottoman Naval College. 1969R. Millar Kut v. 87 The Turkish yuzbashi (equivalent to a captain, literally means the commander of 100 troops) was ushered into the office still blindfolded. |