From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishKurdKurd /kɜːd $ kɜːrd/ noun [countable] SARa member of a people living in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
Examples from the Corpus
Kurd• Another Kurd who was with him, Halil Guzel, won no reprieve and was put on a flight to Istanbul.• The labs' distant agents are Kurds who have taken up residence in the West.• Six other Kurds at Haslar face imminent removal.• He used to tell the world about the Kurds.• She pitched forwards and sideways, sliding a dozen yards down the slope before the Kurd was able to arrest her progress.• The Kurd entered the first of them cautiously, sniffing for wild beasts, then beckoned them in.• The Kurd made a long noise in his throat which she presumed to indicate disappointment.Origin Kurd (1600-1700) Kurdish