Tartarian

[ tahr-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a Tartar or the Tartars, the Mongolian and Turkish tribes who overran Asia and much of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

Tartarian

/ tɑːˈtɛərɪən /

adjective

1. See Tatarian
   a variant spelling of Tatarian See Tatarian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tartarian¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; Tartar, -ian

Example Sentences

This English army of traders in their march ravaged worse than a Tartarian conqueror.

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The one known as Lonicera bella alba does not differ very much from the common white form of the Tartarian honeysuckle.

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Mr. Moyer: It occurs to me that the Tartarian honeysuckle is about as good as any thing you can plant for birds.

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That they separated themselves early, very early, from the greater part of the Turko-Tartarian nations, admits of no question.

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If it is of the Norman age, then the pointed style arose at once from a transfusion of Arabian or Tartarian architecture.

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