young Turk

Language: en

Meaning: (historical)From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned forreformof theOttoman Empire.; (idiomatic,by extension)A young person whoagitatesfor political or other reform; a young person with arebelliousdisposition.1885,Horatio Alger, chapter 14, inHector's Inheritance:"What! Roscoe?" inquired the principal."Yes.""Is he in any mischief?""Mischief? I should say so! Why, he's a regularyoung Turk.""Ayoung Turk? I don't think I understand you, James.""I mean, he's a young ruffian."1966September 30, “Jazz: Man with a Brain”, inTime:He arrives at a time when jazz's discontentedYoung Turkshave disdainfully turned away from their audiences and gone off to explore the way-out.

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