Turk

¹

[ turk ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Turkey.
2. (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Ottoman Empire.
3. a Muslim, especially a subject of the Sultan of Turkey.
4. a member of any of the peoples speaking Turkic languages.
5. one of a breed of Turkish horses closely related to the Arabian horse.
6. any Turkish horse.
7. Young Turk.
8. Archaic. a cruel, brutal, and domineering man.

Turk.

²

abbreviation for

1. Turkey.
2. Turkic ( def 1 ). Also Turk
3. Turkish ( def 4 ). Also Turk

Turk

¹

/ tɜːk /

noun

1. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Turkey
2. a native speaker of any Turkic language, such as an inhabitant of Turkmenistan or Kyrgyzstan
3. obsolete.
   a violent, brutal, or domineering person

Turk.

²

abbreviation for

1. Turkey
2. Turkish

Other Words From

• non-Turk noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Turk¹

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

Example Sentences

The Young Turks have a largely male audience, and as progressive as the channel's voices may imagine themselves to be, there's a pronounced tendency toward the view that women are implicated in men's problems.

From Salon

The UN human rights chief Volker Turk has called it the darkest moment of Gaza’s war, with the Israeli military subjecting an entire population to bombing, siege and the risk of starvation.

From BBC

“So there’s two guys in on that one. Laf gets the goal, Turk doesn’t get an assist there, but it was equally important.”

From Los Angeles Times

Turk, the governor, said that while the majority of Nabatieh residents had already left the area following heavy Israeli air strikes, the mayor and other municipal employees had stayed behind to help those who remained.

From BBC

The teenage goalkeeper started for the Turks and Caicos Islands last month in their Concacaf Nations League match against Anguilla - whose starting goalkeeper in contrast was 41.

From BBC