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tatar |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. 1. [Per. T[=a]t[=a]r, of Tartar origin.] A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also more correctly but less usually, {Tatar}. 2. A person of a keen, irritable temper. {To catch a tartar}, to lay hold of or encounter, a person who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Tatar n 1: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century [syn: {Tatar}, {Tartar}, {Mongol Tatar}] 2: a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups) [syn: {Tatar}] 3: the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains [syn: {Tatar}]
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