(a) A building characterized by height, often free-standing; a tower; also fig.; heigh tour; water tour; (b) such a building used as a fortress, stronghold, or defensive structure; also fig.; also……
(a) A member of the Ottoman Empire, a Turk; pl. Turks; also, Seljuk Turks [quot. ?a1425 Mandev.(2)]; also applied indiscriminately to the Muslim inhabitants of Asia Minor; (b) with ref. to the period……
