Tartarian

[tahr-tair-ee-uh n]

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

1350–1400; Middle English. See Tartar, -ian

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Examples from the Web for tartarian

Historical Examples of tartarian

A thousand and one quarters of hours; being Tartarian tales.
The Library of William Congreve
John 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.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
They represented me to his Tartarian majesty as a spy of the pope.
Voltaire's Romances
Franois-Marie Arouet
Tartarian honeysuckles waved at the very summit of the chimney, and wild-roses curtained every window.
Alice Wilde: The Raftman's Daughter
Metta V. Victor

British Dictionary definitions for tartarian

Tartarian

adjective

a variant spelling of TatarianSee Tatarian

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