Turk /(tûrk)/

Turk

n.
  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 Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey. [Archaic]
    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. The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds
Turk's cap
Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily.
Turk's head
A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a piece of small line.
Turk's turban
a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.