turk

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

turk, n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc.].

•  A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.  [1913 Webster]
•  A native or inhabitant of Turkey.  [1913 Webster]
•  A Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey.  [1913 Webster]

  "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."  [1913 Webster]
•  The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.  [1913 Webster]

Turk's cap. (Bot.) (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. (a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a piece of small line. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) (Bot.) See Turk's cap (c) above. -- Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

turk, n.
1 a a native or national of Turkey in SE Europe and Asia Minor. b a person of Turkish descent.
2 a member of a Central Asian people from whom the Ottomans derived, speaking Turkic languages.
3 offens. a ferocious, wild, or unmanageable person.

Idiom

Turk's cap a martagon lily or other plant with turban-like flowers. Turk's head a turban-like ornamental knot.

Etymology

ME, = F Turc, It. etc. Turco, med.L Turcus, Pers. & Arab. Turk, of unkn. orig.

ROGET THESAURUS

turk

Marriage

N marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii, nuptial tie, married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation, match, betrothment, wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal, espousals, spousals, leading to the altar, nuptial benediction, epithalamium, sealing, torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen, hymeneal altar, honeymoon, bridesmaid, bridesman, best man, bride, bridegroom, married man, married woman, married couple, neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate, husband, man, consort, baron, old man, good man, wife of one's bosom, helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife, feme, feme coverte, squaw, lady, matron, matronage, matronhood, man and wife, wedded pair, Darby and Joan, spiritual wife, monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy, mormonism, levirate, spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism, polyandrism, Turk, bluebeard, unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill- assorted marriage, mesalliance, mariage de convenance, marriage broker, matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker, schatchen, married, one, one bone and one flesh, marriageable, nubile, engaged, betrothed, affianced, matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded, nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal, the gray mare the better horse, a world-without-end bargain, marriages are made in Heaven, render me worthy of this noble wife, si qua voles apte nubere nube pari.