Ottomite

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Noun[edit]

Ottomite (plural Ottomites)

  1. (obsolete) A Turk, specifically from the Ottoman Empire.
    • Othello Act 2, Scene 3, Page 8:
      Why, how now, ho! From whence ariseth this?
      Are we turned Turks? And to ourselves do that
      Which heaven hath forbid the Ottomites?
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