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Young turk
noun
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Noun
- 1 From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire. historical
- 2 Alternative form of young Turk. alt-of, alternative
- 3 a young radical who agitates for reform wordnet
- 4 A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition. broadly, idiomatic
""What! Roscoe?" inquired the principal. "Yes." "Is he in any mischief?" "Mischief? I should say so! Why, he's a regular young Turk." "A young Turk? I don't think I understand you, James." "I mean, he's a young ruffian.""
- 5 a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule wordnet
Etymology
Calque of French Jeune-Turc, from which also Turkish Jön Türk has been borrowed.
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