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Definition of Grand turk

1. Noun. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grand Turk

Literary usage of Grand turk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"Then come the grand turk, the gallant knight, St George, and the latter's antagonist, the A PARTY OF MUMMERS. devouring dragon. ..."

2. The Bahamas: A Taste of the Islands by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2000)
"grand turk is home of its own little historic controversy. ••••• Remember we said earlier in the book that many historians believe Columbus first made ..."

3. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... at Greenwich—Formation of a league against Spain—Duplicity of the treaty—Affairs in Germany—Battle between the emperor and the grand turk— Endeavors of ..."

4. Old Time Ships of Salem by Essex Institute, Robert Samuel Rantoul, William O. Chapman (1917)
"The "grand turk" measured 102 feet in length, 28 feet beam, and 12 feet 4 inches in ... The "grand turk" made five cruises of about one hundred days each. ..."

5. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... one man among them who has any more idea of shedding his blood in this cause than he has pf making war on the grand turk. The Rev. ..."

6. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"He made a prodigious fortune, and firmly believed that all men except the grand Turk and the grand vizier were born to serve him, and all women to give him ..."

7. The Turk and His Lost Provinces: Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia by William Eleroy Curtis (1903)
"... grand turk Poets, painters and other people with vivid imaginations and emotional natures have become ecstatic in describing the city of the grand turk, ..."

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