TURK

Turk

(noun) a native or inhabitant of Turkey

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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