- grand Turk as a noun:
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grand Turk
noun
1 grand Turk
The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
synonym: sultan.
is a specific kind of: ruler, swayer.
instances of which are: Saladin, Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub.
Dutch: sultan
Polish: sułtan
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