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Quotation dates: 1632
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Turcomani, n. pl. [e.m.E. turcomans (1600), med. L. Turcomannus.] The Turkish race inhabiting the area formerly known as Turkestan. — 1632 Lithgow Trav. v 196.
Poor miserable people called Turcomani, liuing in tents
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