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Turk \Turk\ (t[^u]rk), n. [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.
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2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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3. A Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey. [Archaic]
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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.
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4. (Zool.) The plum weevil. See {Curculio}, and {Plum
weevil}, under {Plum}.
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{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.
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