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Definition of: Seljuk
(sel·j
k′) noun
A member of one of several Turkish dynasties which reigned over a large part of central and western Asia from the 11th to the 13th centuries.
—adjective Pertaining to a Seljuk. Also Sel·ju·ki·an (sel·j′·kē·ən). [<Turkish seljūq, after Seljūq, a Turkish chieftain, reputed ancestor of the Seljuk dynasties]
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