Obs. rare–1. [app. f. Turque, TURK + -ET; cf. F. turquet ‘petit chien, d’origine turque, à nez camus et à poil ras’ (16–17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.). But Turquets may be a misprint for Turques.] A player dressed up to resemble a Turk.
1625. Bacon, Ess. Masques (Arb.), 540. Anti-masques … haue been commonly of Fooles, Satyres, Baboones, Wilde-Men, Antiques, Beasts, Sprites, Witches, Ethiopes, Pigmies, Turquets,… and the like.
