Tartarian

[ tahr-tair-ee-uhn ]

/ tɑrˈtɛər i ən /

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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.

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Origin of Tartarian

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

Words nearby Tartarian

tartarated, tartare, Tartarean, tartar emetic, tartare sauce, Tartarian, Tartarian aster, Tartarian honeysuckle, tartaric, tartaric acid, tartarize

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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 TatarianSee Tatarian

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