grand Turk

/grænd tərk/
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Definitions of grand Turk
  1. noun
    the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
    synonyms: sultan
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    examples:
    Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub
    sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
    type of:
    ruler, swayer
    a person who rules or commands
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