(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:12:51

Us"begs (?), Us"beks (?),n. pl. Ethnol.

A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan.

[Written also Uzbecks, and Uzbeks.]

 

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