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   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.
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   A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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   A Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey. [Archaic] 
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   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.
   
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   (Zool.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.
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   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.
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