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1. cadilesker, n. View full entry 1686
...A chief judge in the Turkish empire....
2. Cossack, n. View full entry 1587
...Name of a warlike Turkish people now subject to Russia, occupying the parts north of the Black Sea. From them the Poles organized a body of light horsemen, in which capacity they...
3. irade, n. View full entry 1883
...A written decree issued by the Sultan of Turkey....
4. jong, n.2 View full entry 1904
...A Tibetan building (also, a territorial and administrative division) constituting a prefecture, freq. also serving as a fortress, a monastery, or both....
5. kavass, n. View full entry 1819
...An armed constable or police officer, an armed servant or courier (in Turkey)....
6. Kempeitai, n. View full entry 1947
...The Japanese military secret service in the period 19311945....
7. subashi, n. View full entry 1589
...In the Ottoman Empire: an official, as a military commander, local governor, or constable....
8. taotai, n. View full entry 1747
...The title given to the Chinese provincial officer responsible for the civil and military affairs of a district, abolished shortly after the establishment of the Republic in 1911....
9. yakuza, n. View full entry 1964
...A Japanese gangster or racketeer; usu. in pl. sense, such people collectively. ...
10. Yamaguchi-gumi, n. View full entry 1964
...In Japan, the name of the largest syndicate of organized crime, founded in the Kobe dock area in 1928. Also ellipt. as Yamaguchi...
11. Yasa, n. View full entry 1722
...A codification of Mongol customary laws ascribed to Genghis Khan, and used as the basis of law in much of Asia under Mongol rule....
12. zaptieh, n. View full entry 1869
...A Turkish policeman....
