Turcoman

See also: turcomán

English

Alternative forms

• Turkeman

Noun

Turcoman (plural Turcomans)

1. A member of a mainly nomadic Turkic people inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea; a Turkmen. [from 17th c.]
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 18:

     Apart from hostile Turcoman tribesmen who roamed this desolate region, the principal obstacle facing Bekovich was a dangerous stretch of desert [...].

2. A kind of carpet or rug supposed to be made by the Turcomans. [from 19th c.]

Proper noun

Turcoman

1. The Turkmen language. [from 18th c.]