turk Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a native or inhabitant of Turkey

WordNet

Turk noun
Etymology
Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc.
Definitions
  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.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.

Webster 1913