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binbashi

English

Alternative forms

  • bimbashi

Etymology

From Turkish binba??: bin (thousand) + ba? (head).

Noun

binbashi (plural binbashis)

  1. A major in the Turkish army.
  2. (historical) The holder of a former rank in the Egyptian army.
    • 1897, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce", in Punch
      Bimbashi Hilary Joyce, seconded from the Royal Mallow Fusiliers, [] made his first appearance in Cairo.

Related terms

  • yuzbashi
  • onbashi
  • chiliarch

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