TURK

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or ~ish; Anglo-French Turc, from Medieval Latin or ~ish; Medieval Latin Turcus, from ~ish Türk Date: 14th century a member of any of numerous Asian peoples speaking ~ic languages who live in a region extending from the Balkans to eastern Siberia and western China, a native or inhabitant of ~ey, Muslim , a ~ish horse, a usually young dynamic person eager for change