Turk
[tə:k]
Definition
(n.) A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
(n.) A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
(n.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ottoman, Mahometan.
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Definition
n. a native of Turkey an Ottoman—more widely a member of a race formerly classed among the 'Turanian' peoples now more usual to say of the Mongolo-Tartar ethnological group and speaking languages of the Ural-Altaic family: a savage fellow: a Mohammedan: a Turkish horse: the plum-weevil or curculio.—ns. Turk′ey-car′pet a soft thick kind of carpet; Turk′ey-hone -stone a kind of oilstone brought from Turkey and used for hones; Turk′ey-mer′chant one whose trade is with Turkey or the Turkish East; Turk′ey-red a fine durable red dye obtained from madder but now mostly prepared chemically first produced in Turkey; Turk′ey-stone the turquoise.—adj. Turk′ish pertaining to the Turks or to Turkey.—n. the language of the Turks.—ns. Turk′ish-bath a kind of hot-air bath in which the patient after being sweated is rubbed down and conducted through a series of cooling-chambers until he regains his normal temperature; Turk's′-head a kind of knot: a long broom with spherical head: a kind of cooking-pan having a tin core in the centre.—Turn Turk to become a Mohammedan: to go to the bad: to become hopelessly obstinate.
Typist: Veronica
Examples
- But it was easy to die like a Turk, by a dogged decline. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk's whole seraglio, gazelle- eyes, houri forms, and all! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- On the whole, Charles, in alliance with Henry VIII, was successful against Francis I and the Turk. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Ottoman Turk had even taken to the sea, and fought the Venetian upon his own Mediterranean waters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was a partial concession to the natural political map, but much blood had still to run before the Turk was altogether expelled from these lands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I thank heaven, said I, that I love no man; Jew, Christian, or Turk. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Turk, amazed and delighted, endeavoured to kindle the zeal of his deliverer by promises of reward and wealth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Nobody in this world was ever such a Turk to me as you are! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This is a bad Turk, but there are good Turks. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let us to the walls, then, said De Bracy, carelessly; that man never breathed, be he Turk or Templar, who held life at lighter rate than I do. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I will storm the island, I will drag you in chains away, and when I tire of you then will I sell you as a slave to the Turk! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Still the same lofty domes and minarets towered above the verdurous walls, where Constantine had died, and the Turk had entered the city. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A sort of mayor of the palace, a Turk, was the real ruler. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Turk allowed this intimacy to take place, and encouraged the hopes of the youthful lovers, while in his heart he had formed far other plans. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Constantinople had long been a mere island of Christians in a Turk-ruled Balkan Peninsula. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was a warlike power, and inscribed upon her banners many a brilliant fight with Genoese and Turks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As yet only China knew of the Huns; there were no Turks in Western Turkestan or anywhere else then, no Tartars in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But what is the example of Turks to Scripture Christians! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A truce was concluded between the Greeks and Turks. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The Turks adopted violent repressive measures, and embarked upon massacres of Bulgarians on an enormous scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So it was that Charles, his grandson, inherited most of the American continent and between a third and a half of what the Turks had left of Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I tell you they are all Turks in their hearts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The inventor na?vely states that it has round chambers for round balls, designed for Christians, and square chambers, with square balls, for the Turks. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Will it not occur to them that accident has had much to do with their being Christians, or Jews, or Turks? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He shows us the Turks, this new development of the Hun tradition, in possession not only of what is now Turkestan, but all along the northern route. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This swift advance of the Turks into country that had been so long securely Byzantine must have seemed like the approach of final disaster. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For years the Turks and Byzantines had intermarried, and hunted in couples in strange by-paths of diplomacy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Turks have an innate antipathy to taking the life of any dumb animal, it is said. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This was the insurrection of the Greeks against the Turks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They may have been dislodged from their original homeland--as the Ottoman Turks were--by the great cataclysm of Jengis or even earlier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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