Usbek

American  

[oos-bek, uhs-, oos-bek] / ˈʊs bɛk, ˈʌs-, ʊsˈbɛk /

noun

plural

Usbeks,

plural

Usbek

1. Uzbek.

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Example Sentences

The "Lettres Persanes" are, as their name suggests, the supposed correspondence of two rich Persians, Usbek and Rica, traveling in France and exchanging letters with their friends and their eunuchs in Persia.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)

Usbek, the Persian of Montesquieu, is one of the profoundest philosophers, his letters are, however, but concise pages.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

Yet he is faithful to the food which regaled the old Scythians in the heroic age of Greece, and which is prized by the Usbek of the present day.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry

Abbas I, the Great, Shah or King of Persia, born in 1557, ascended the throne in 1586, at a time when the Turks and hordes of Usbek Tartars had made great encroachments on the country.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

He found Usbek bitterly bent on war, and for a whole year was kept in the camp of the Horde, seeking to appease the wrath of the barbarian.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles