Turcocretan

English

Etymology

From Turco- +‎ Cretan, after Greek Τουρκοκρήτες (Tourkokrítes).

Noun

Turcocretan (plural Turcocretans)

  1. A Muslim inhabitant of Crete (until 1923), or one of their descendants.
    • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 155:
      The Turcocretans, as Muslims, looked to the Ottoman Empire for protection and were loyal to its institutions.

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