Turk

n.	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. 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.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum. Turk's cap a - (Bot.) 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. b - (Bot.) See Turk's cap (c) above. - R. H. Dana, Jr. Turk's turban (Bot.) a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.

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Turk - a native or inhabitant of Turkey

effendi, Osmanli, Ottoman, Ottoman Turk, Republic of Turkey, Turkey, Turki

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