\Turk\, n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F.
Turc.]
1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
   etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
3. A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
         It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
         was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
         have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
         be a Christian.                       --Chillingworth.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The plum weevil. See {Curculio}, and {Plum
   weevil}, under {Plum}.
{Turk's cap}. (Bot.)
   (a) Turk's-cap lily. See under {Lily}.
   (b) A tulip.
   (c) A plant of the genus {Melocactus}; Turk's head. See
       {Melon cactus}, under {Melon}.
{Turk's head}.
   (a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
       with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
   (b) (Bot.) See {Turk's cap}
   (c) above.
{Turk's turban} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Ranunculus};
   crowfoot.