Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Turkoman .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea.
- proper noun A Turcoman carpet.
- proper noun a kind of carpet or rug supposed to be made by the Turcomans.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas
- noun the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman
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Examples
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Turcoman legends (evidently pose-Mohammedan) Noah gave his son,
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(Also, many Iraqi Shiites have Turcoman, Persian, or Kurdish ancestors.)
The Victor? 2007
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Iraqi Kurdistan covers mainly a population of Sunni Kurds, with minorities including Shia Kurds, Turcoman and Assyrians.
Archive 2006-10-01 Harry Barnes 2006
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The Turcoman and berkuti pix are fantastic as is the rest of his work - just that I can pretend I'm i thsoe 2.
One More 2006
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Iraqi Kurdistan covers mainly a population of Sunni Kurds, with minorities including Shia Kurds, Turcoman and Assyrians.
Iraq: The Third Big Issue Harry Barnes 2006
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South Russia, Afghan horse-dealers, Turcoman merchants, pilgrims on the road to Mecca, sheikhs in North Africa, sailors on the Black
Greenmantle 2005
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It was like the time he had stood on the battlefield at Dorylaeum as a young footsoldier and felt the vibration of hooves as the Saracens pounded towards their lines on their swift Turcoman horses.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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His hands were lashed behind his back with rawhide cords and a Turcoman warrior took his stallion on a lead rein.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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“Albatross” from the funnels of the Ashurada streamers, which the Russians keep as the police of these Turcoman waters.
Robur the Conqueror 2003
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The lines of the Ichim and the Irtych are now in our power; and the Turcoman horsemen can bathe their horses in the now
Michael Strogoff 2003
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