Tartarian
[tahr-tair-ee-uh n]
- 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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Origin of Tartarian
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A thousand and one quarters of hours; being Tartarian tales.
The Library of William CongreveJohn C. Hodges
And you, he said to the Tartarian chief, will not you help me?
Historical Parallels, vol 2 of 3)Arthur Thomas Malkin
Mr Eaton states that butter melted by the Tartarian method, and then salted by ours, will keep good and fine-tasted for two years.
They represented me to his Tartarian majesty as a spy of the pope.
Voltaire's RomancesFranois-Marie Arouet
Tartarian honeysuckles waved at the very summit of the chimney, and wild-roses curtained every window.
Alice Wilde: The Raftman's DaughterMetta V. Victor
Tartarian
- a variant spelling of TatarianSee Tatarian
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