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

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

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The flowers of Tartarian honeysuckle have no smell.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

These tails of the Tartarian sheep are of immense size and weight, the fat upon them alone weighing from six to eight pounds.

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis