Category:Turk

Turk, n. Etym: [per. Turk; probably of tartar origin: cf. F. 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 mohammedan; 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. (zoöl.)

Defn: the plum weevil. See curculio, and plum weevil, under plum. 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.