Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
turban .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A turban.
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- noun Obsolete form of
turban .
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Examples
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Si spiritus unde semen iis, &c. at exempla turbant nos; mulierum quotidianae confessiones de mistione omnes asserunt, et sunt in hac urbe
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These all goe clothed in greene, or at the least haue their turbant greene, to bee knowen from the other.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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My. curae mea gaudia turbant: cura dapes sequitur, magis inter pocula surgit et grauis anxietas laetis incumbere gaudet.
Redeunt Saturnia Regna Anonymous 1912
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Ye Lord Major has his Sword bearer wch walkes before him wth the Sword in an Embroyder'd Sheath he weares a Great velvet Cap of Crimson, the bottom and ye top of ffurr or such Like standing up Like a turbant or Great bowle in forme of a Great open Pye, this is Called ye Cap of Maintenance.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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Ecclesias, contra tot Ecclesiarum Confessiones, falsum testimonium dicunt, conscientias infirmorum turbant, multisque vere fidelium societatem suspectam reddere satagunt.
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Calumniatores deinde ipsos serio monet, viderint quam grave Dei. judicium sint subituri, qui contra tot Ecclesias, contra tot Ecclesiarum Confessiones, falsum testimonium dicunt, conscientias infirmorum turbant, multisque vere fidelium societatem suspectam reddere satagunt.
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"Iss, Missis!" says Pompey, a little grinning negro Lord Peterborrow gave her, with a bird of Paradise in his turbant, and a collar with his mistress's name on it.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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They set up a pillar, with a carved turbant on the top of it, to the memory of a man; and as the turbants, by their different shapes, shew the quality or profession, 'tis in a manner putting up the arms of the deceased; besides, the pillar commonly bears an inscription in gold letters.
Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e Montague, Lady Mary W 1724
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It is true, he wears pretty high-heeled shoes, but not very high, and do generally wear a turbant, which makes him show yet taller than really he is, though he is very tall, as I have said before.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 30: August/September 1664 Samuel Pepys 1668
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It is true, he wears pretty high-heeled shoes, but not very high, and do generally wear a turbant, which makes him show yet taller than really he is, though he is very tall, as I have said before.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1664 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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