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plural Tartars
Alternative spelling of Tatar examples
A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus. quotations examples
Persia is a great country, which was in old times very illustrious and powerful; but now the Tartars have wasted and destroyed it.
1871, Henry Yule, transl., The Travels of Marco Polo, Marco Polo, book 1, chapter 13
(figurative, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper. examples
(figurative) A rough or violent event. quotations examples
I haven't escaped sickness all my life to get off easily now. […] I knew when my turn came, it would be a Tartar.
2003, Erik Larson, “Alone”, in The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 106
comparative more Tartar, superlative most Tartar
Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars. examples
One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh and Azerbaijan examples
A town in Azerbaijan located on this river examples