Definition of "Arnaut"

Arnaut

/ˈɑɹˌnaʊt/

noun
plural Arnauts
1. (historical) An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, especially an Albanian serving in the Turkish army.
  Quotations
  I know him by his jet-black barb, / Though now array'd in Arnaut garb, [...]
  1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, London: […] T[homas] Davison, […], for John Murray, […], page 18
2. (historical, military) A Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian or Serbian soldier, recruited to serve as body-guard to officials in the 18th-19th c. Wallachia and Moldavia. Greek militia units formed in Crimea, 1769.
  Quotations
  Included under the generic name of Arnauts, it was recruited from Roumeliote Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians, and Servians, who acted as body-guards to the princes, the great functionaries, and eve the simple Boyards
  1844, Thomas Gordon, History of the Greek Revolution‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 1