Turk
Turk (tûrk) , noun
[Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: compare French 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.
Collocations (3)
Turk's cap (Botany) , (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 (Nautical) , A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a piece of small line. — R. H. Dana, Jr See Turk's cap (c) above.
Turk's turban (Botany) , a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.