Phrase guide
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noun
From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, idiomatic
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noun
Alternative form of young Turk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
a young radical who agitates for reform
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: radical
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel
History
Calque of French Jeune-Turc, from which also Turkish Jön Türk has been borrowed.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
