tartar sauce

or tartare sauce


noun
  1. a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.

Origin of tartar sauce

1
First recorded in 1895–1900, tartar sauce is from French sauce tartare

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