Also bostangee, -dgy. [a. Turk. bostānjī ‘a soldier of one of the corps of guards of the Sultan’s palace’ (Redhouse); lit. ‘keeper of the garden,’ f. bostān (Pers.) a garden.] A Turkish guard of the palace.
1694. Lond. Gaz., No. 2989/1. A Capigi, with several Bostangies was dispatched after him to bring him back.
1717. Lady M. W. Montague, Lett., 31, I. 106. He was preceded … by the spahis and bostangees (these are foot and horse-guards).
1753. Hanway, Trav. (1762), II. XIII. ii. 286. One of the principal officers of the bostangis.
1813. J. C. Hobhouse, Journey, 812. The Bostandgys and other attendants immediately formed a line.
