Tartarian

American  

[tahr-tair-ee-uhn] / tɑrˈtɛər i ən /

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.

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Tartarian British  

/ tɑːˈtɛərɪən /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of Tatarian See Tatarian

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Etymology

Origin of Tartarian

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

Example Sentences

Before the hoopla has subsided, Mazeppa, traditionally played by a curve-some female, has been tied to a "fiery Tartarian steed." headed precipitously away from the lone Polish prairie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tartarian honeysuckle reminded me of Tartarus, the land of the dead in Virgil’s Aeneid, the underworld, where the shades of the dead whispered in the shadows.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The flowers of Tartarian honeysuckle have no smell.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The vine was Tartarian honeysuckle, a weed that grows in waste places and on abandoned ground.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

In remote ages, wanderers from India directed their eyes northward, and crossing the vast Tartarian deserts, finally settled in Siberia, bringing with them the worship of a triune God.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.