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Grand Turk

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Grand Turk
The chief island of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of the Bahamas.
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Noun1.Grand Turkgrand Turk - the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
ruler, swayer - a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"


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The Grand Turk took the loss greatly to heart, and with the cunning which all his race possess, he made peace with the Venetians (who were much more eager for it than he was), and the following year, seventy-four, he attacked the Goletta and the fort which Don John had left half built near Tunis.
Were I to last a thousand years, and rise to the dignity of being the handkerchief that the Grand Turk is said to toss toward his favorite, I could not forget the interest with which I accompanied Adrienne to the door of her little apartment, in the entresol.
She suffers from her wicked old mother and her Grand Turk of a brother.
 
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