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1
: a headdress worn chiefly in countries of the eastern Mediterranean and southern Asia consisting of a long cloth that is wrapped around a cap (as by Muslims) or directly around the head (as by Sikhs and Hindus)
2
: a headdress resembling a turban
specifically
: a woman's close-fitting hat without a brim
3
: a rolled stuffed fillet of fish
turban of sole
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Then armed men in black turbans, as if to justify their fear, opened fire into the crowd.
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Jazzmin Jiwa, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Young people copied her contemporary African fashion sense, wearing a turban with a formal suit or painting tribal dots on her face as part of her makeup.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Her signature style is unusually androgynous for India: a man’s Nehru-style jacket and tunic, with a multicolored turban wrapped around her head.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
But whereas conspicuous religious symbols of all faiths (including Jewish yarmulkes, Sikh turbans, or large crosses) are banned in all French public schools, in Belgium, rules are defined at the local level.
—Olivier Decottignies, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2016
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Jazzmin Jiwa, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Young people copied her contemporary African fashion sense, wearing a turban with a formal suit or painting tribal dots on her face as part of her makeup.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Her signature style is unusually androgynous for India: a man’s Nehru-style jacket and tunic, with a multicolored turban wrapped around her head.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
But whereas conspicuous religious symbols of all faiths (including Jewish yarmulkes, Sikh turbans, or large crosses) are banned in all French public schools, in Belgium, rules are defined at the local level.
—Olivier Decottignies, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2016
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“Turban.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turban. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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