## Meanings
1. A small tower on a building or castle, often at a corner.
2. A rotating armoured structure that holds guns on a ship, tank, or aircraft.

## Examples
- The old castle had a round turret at each corner.
- The tank's turret swung around to aim at the target.

## Synonyms
- cupola

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: touret
- Root: torete
- Root: turris

## Etymology
From Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower.

## AI Etymology
Turret is from Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower. Important recorded forms include touret (Middle English), torete (Old French), and turris (Latin). Current senses include a small tower on a building or castle, often at a corner and a rotating armoured structure that holds guns on a ship, tank, or aircraft.

## Topics
- Transportation
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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