Turk

[ turk ]

/ tɜrk /

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Definition of Turk

noun

a native or inhabitant of Turkey.

(formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Ottoman Empire.

a Muslim, especially a subject of the Sultan of Turkey.

a member of any of the peoples speaking Turkic languages.

one of a breed of Turkish horses closely related to the Arabian horse.

any Turkish horse.

Young Turk.

Archaic. a cruel, brutal, and domineering man.

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Origin of Turk

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Turk

non-Turk, noun

Words nearby Turk

Turing machine, Turing test, turion, Turishcheva, turiya, Turk, Turkana, Turkestan, Turkestani, turkey, turkey brown

Other definitions for Turk (2 of 2)

Turk.

abbreviation

Turkey.

Turkic (def. 1). Also Turk

Turkish (def. 4). Also Turk

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How to use Turk in a sentence

Crowd labor platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk operate with few rules and little protection for workers.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild|Kevin Zawacki|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I was shocked to hear words of admiration for ISIL,” wrote Özyurt, a senior editor for CNN Turk.
Turkey’s Attitude Toward ISIS? Sympathy for the Devil|Jamie Dettmer|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The CNN-Turk news channel reported Turkey had joined a group of countries that included China and Iran.
Turkey’s Useless Twitter Ban|Thomas Seibert|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turk came up with a design modeled on lozenge-shaped chewing-gum.
Joshua Compston Was Once the Wunderkind of the British Art World…and Now He’s Been Practically Forgotten|Anthony Haden-Guest|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He enlisted Gavin Turk to help design the Utopic Space Manifest, an inflatable mobile museum, kind of an art circus.
Joshua Compston Was Once the Wunderkind of the British Art World…and Now He’s Been Practically Forgotten|Anthony Haden-Guest|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To punish the habit, a Turk was seized and a pipe transfixed through his nose.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Anyway, there is no type of soldier man fighting in the war who is more faithful to his salt than the Osmanli Turk.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The Turk is very particular in cultivating it, as on its color depends in a great measure its value.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The finest colored, a pale yellow leaf, brings "inflated" prices, but more often by others than the poor Turk who grows it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Reduced at last to two thousand naked men, they stood in the breach to be slain to a man by the conquering Turk.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street

British Dictionary definitions for Turk (1 of 2)

Turk

/ (tɜːk) /

noun

a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Turkey

a native speaker of any Turkic language, such as an inhabitant of Turkmenistan or Kyrgyzstan

obsolete, derogatory a violent, brutal, or domineering person

British Dictionary definitions for Turk (2 of 2)

Turk.

abbreviation for

Turkey

Turkish

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