Tartarian

[ tahr-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective

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.

Origin of Tartarian

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

Words Nearby Tartarian

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How to use Tartarian in a sentence

This English army of traders in their march ravaged worse than a Tartarian conqueror.
The Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12) | Edmund Burke
The one known as Lonicera bella alba does not differ very much from the common white form of the Tartarian honeysuckle.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 | Various
Mr. Moyer: It occurs to me that the Tartarian honeysuckle is about as good as any thing you can plant for birds.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 | Various
That they separated themselves early, very early, from the greater part of the Turko-Tartarian nations, admits of no question.
Sketches of Central Asia (1868) | Arminius Vmbry
If it is of the Norman age, then the pointed style arose at once from a transfusion of Arabian or Tartarian architecture.
Architectural Antiquities of Normandy | John Sell Cotman

British Dictionary definitions for Tartarian

Tartarian

/ (tɑːˈtɛərɪən) /

adjective

a variant spelling of Tatarian: See Tatarian

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