Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kurd \Kurd\, n.
   A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western
   Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.
   [Written also {Koord}.]

Source : WordNet®

Kurd
     n : a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in
         Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own
         state