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Turk

1

[ turk ]

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Turkey.
  2. (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Ottoman Empire.
  3. a Muslim, especially a subject of the Sultan of Turkey.
  4. a member of any of the peoples speaking Turkic languages.
  5. one of a breed of Turkish horses closely related to the Arabian horse.
  6. any Turkish horse.
  7. Archaic. a cruel, brutal, and domineering man.


Turk.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Turkey.
  2. Turkic ( def 1 ). Also Turk
  3. Turkish ( def 4 ). Also Turk

Turk

1

/ tɜːk /

noun

  1. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Turkey
  2. a native speaker of any Turkic language, such as an inhabitant of Turkmenistan or Kyrgyzstan
  3. obsolete.
    a violent, brutal, or domineering person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Turk.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Turkey
  2. Turkish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • non-Turk noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Turk1

First recorded in 1400–50; from Old French Turc, Middle English Turke, Turque, ultimately from Turkish Türk; compare Medieval Latin Turcus, Medieval Greek Toûrkos, Middle French turc, Italian turco, Persian turk
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Example Sentences

Crowd labor platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk operate with few rules and little protection for workers.

“I was shocked to hear words of admiration for ISIL,” wrote Özyurt, a senior editor for CNN Turk.

The CNN-Turk news channel reported Turkey had joined a group of countries that included China and Iran.

Turk came up with a design modeled on lozenge-shaped chewing-gum.

He enlisted Gavin Turk to help design the Utopic Space Manifest, an inflatable mobile museum, kind of an art circus.

To punish the habit, a Turk was seized and a pipe transfixed through his nose.

Anyway, there is no type of soldier man fighting in the war who is more faithful to his salt than the Osmanli Turk.

The Turk is very particular in cultivating it, as on its color depends in a great measure its value.

The finest colored, a pale yellow leaf, brings "inflated" prices, but more often by others than the poor Turk who grows it.

Reduced at last to two thousand naked men, they stood in the breach to be slain to a man by the conquering Turk.

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