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TURK
Turk
(noun) a native or inhabitant of Turkey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Turk (plural Turks)
A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent.
A speaker of the various Turkic languages.
(obsolete) A Muslim.
(archaic) A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian. [from 16th c.]
A member of a Mestee group in South Carolina.
A person from Llanelli, Wales.
A Turkish horse.
The plum curculio.
Anagrams
• Kurt, Truk
Source: Wiktionary
Turk, n. Etym: [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc.]
1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
3. A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey. It is no good reason for a man's religion that he was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to be a Christian. Chillingworth.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum. Turk's cap. (Bot.) (a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily. (b) A tulip. (c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See Melon cactus, under Melon.
– Turk's head. (a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a piece of small line. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) (Bot.) See Turk's cap (c) above.
– Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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