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Webster 1913 Edition
Turk
Turk
(tûrk)
, Noun.
[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 Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey.
[Archaic]
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.
(Zool.)
Turk's cap
. (Bot.)
(a)
Turk's-cap lily. See under
Lily
. (b)
A tulip.
(c)
– 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.