young Turk
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English
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Etymology
Calque of French Jeune-Turc, from which also Turkish Jön Türk has been borrowed.
Pronunciation
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Noun
young Turk (plural young Turks)
- (historical) From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.
- 1885, Horatio Alger, chapter 14, in Hector's Inheritance:
- "What! Roscoe?" inquired the principal.
"Yes."
"Is he in any mischief?"
"Mischief? I should say so! Why, he's a regular young Turk."
"A young Turk? I don't think I understand you, James."
"I mean, he's a young ruffian."
- 1966 September 30, “Jazz: Man with a Brain”, in Time:
- He arrives at a time when jazz's discontented Young Turks have disdainfully turned away from their audiences and gone off to explore the way-out.
Usage notes
- Often used in the plural form.
Translations
historical: member of a movement of the Ottoman Empire
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idiomatic: young person who agitates for reform
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