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name
Ellipsis of Grand Turk Island, the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sultan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ruler, swayer
Narrower terms: Saladin, Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub
History
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.
Borrowed from French Grand Turc.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
