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Tatar or Tartar (ˈtɑːtə)

—n
1.	a. a member of a Mongoloid people who under Genghis Khan established a vast and powerful state in central Asia from the 13th century until conquered by Russia in 1552
	b. a descendant of this people, now scattered throughout Russia but living chiefly in the Tatar Republic
2.	any of the languages spoken by the present-day Tatars, belonging to various branches of the Turkic family of languages, esp Kazan Tatar

—*adj*
3.	of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tatars

[C14: from Old French Tartare, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (associated with Latin Tartarus the underworld), from Persian Tātār]

Tartar or Tartar

—n

—*adj*

[C14: from Old French Tartare, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (associated with Latin Tartarus the underworld), from Persian Tātār]

Tatarian or Tartar

—*adj*

Tar'tarian or Tartar

—*adj*

Tataric or Tartar

—*adj*

Tar'taric or Tartar

—*adj*

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