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<hw>Jan"i*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>janua</ets> a door.]</ety> <def>A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.</def>

<h1>Janitress, Janitrix</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw><hw>Jan"i*tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Jan"i*trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>janitrix</ets>. See <er>Janitor</er>.]</ety> <def>A female janitor.</def>

<h1>Janizar</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"i*zar`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A janizary.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Janizarian</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan`i*za"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government.</def>

<i> Burke.</i>

<h1>Janizary</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"i*za*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Janizaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>janissaire</ets>, fr. Turk. <ets>ye<?/i-tsheri</ets> new soldiers or troops.]</ety> <def>A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.</def> <altsp>[written also <asp>janissary</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Janker</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"ker</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<h1>Jansenism</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"sen*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>Jans\'82nisme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.</def>

<h1>Jansenist</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"sen*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>Jans\'82niste</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A follower of Cornelius <i>Jansen</i>, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.</def>

<h1>Jant</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Jaunt</er>.</def>

<h1>Janthina</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"thi*na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ianthina</er>.</def>

<h1>Jantily</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"ti*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>See <er>Jauntily</er>.</def>

<h1>Jantiness</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"ti*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Jauntiness</er>.</def>

<h1>Jantu</h1> <Xpage=797>

<hw>Jan"tu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land.</def>