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Grand turk

//ˈɡɹænd ˈtɜː(ɹ)k// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of Grand Turk Island, the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Noun
  1. 1
    A sultan of the Ottoman Empire. archaic

    "Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," they sometimes fancy themselves the Czar, the Shah, or the Grand Turk […]"

  2. 2
    the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a species of cactus on the island, the Turk's Cap Cactus (Melocactus intortus), which has a distinctive cap reminiscent of an Ottoman fez.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Grand Turc.

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