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单词 arnaut
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Arnautn.adj.

/ɑːˈnaʊt/
Forms: 1700s Arnount, 1800s Arnaud, Arnout, 1800s– Arnaout, Arnaut.
Etymology: < Ottoman Turkish arnaut, arnavut < modern Greek Ἀρναβίτης , variant (with metathesis) of Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (see Albanian n.2 and adj.3). Compare Albanian arnaut.
Now historical.
An Albanian, spec. one serving in the Turkish army. Also as adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Turkish
janissary1615
Arnaut1717
Johnny Turk1836
Johnny1854
Abdul1870
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Albania > [adjective]
Albanian1593
Albanese1668
Arnaut1922
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 319 The Arnounts..are natives of Arnountlick, the Ancient Macedonia,..being the best militia in the Turkish Empire.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Arnauts, Turkish light cavalry.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 258/1 The population of Albania has always been of a warlike character... At present, under the denomination of Arnauts, they rank among the flower of the Ottoman army.
1863 A. A. Paton Hist. Egypt. Revol. II. xxiii. 256 Instances occurred of Arnaut soldiers getting richly dressed prostitutes, adorned with jewels, into their houses.
1881 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 385/2 Clad in the handsome white-woolen, black-braided, tight-fitting hose and waistcoat of the Arnaud mountaineer.
1910 Encycl. Brit. IX. 107/1 The Arnaut (or Albanian) soldiers in the service of Khosrev tumultuously demanded their pay.
1922 D. H. Low tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević 129 A wild Arnaut woman bore me.
1998 N. Malcolm Kosovo viii. 150 The Arnauts were..usually Albanian-speakers who were used as fighters by the Ottomans.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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