Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a body of Turkish feudal militia.
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Examples
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The Kailar Turks, especially those of the Erdemuş village of Kailar claim descent from what they describe the "noble, sober Yörükhan family" who hail in turn from the so-called Pervaneoğulları 'timariot' according to the Ottoman archives.
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Christian ancestors once tilled the soil as serfs of a Moslem timariot.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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