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noun
1.
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
2.
a design of such a plaid known by the name of the clan wearing it.
3.
any plaid.
adjective
4.
of, pertaining to, or resembling tartan.
5.
made of tartan.
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Tartan
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Origin:
1490–1500; variant of tertane < Middle French tertaine (Old French tiretaine) linsey-woolsey
1490–1500; variant of tertane < Middle French tertaine (Old French tiretaine) linsey-woolsey
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Word Origin & History
tartan
1454, probably from M.Fr. tiretaine "strong, coarse fabric" (1247), from O.Fr. tiret "kind of cloth," from tire "silk cloth," from M.L. tyrius "cloth from Tyre." If this is the source, spelling likely infl. in M.E. by tartaryn "rich silk cloth" (1343), from O.Fr. tartarin "Tartar cloth," from Tartare
EXPAND"Tartar," the Central Asian people (see Tartar).
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Computing Dictionary
TARTAN definition
A simple language proposed to meet the Ironman requirements.
["TARTAN - Language Design for the Ironman Requirements: Reference Manual", Mary Shaw et al, SIGPLAN Notices 13(9):36-58 (Sep 1978)].
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Tartan definition
an Assyrian word, meaning "the commander-in-chief." (1.) One of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17). (2.) One of Sargon's generals (Isa. 20:1).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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