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Mandarin

Mandarin Meaning & Definition
Mandarin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mandarin?

[n] the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
[n] a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose-skinned citrus of China
[n] a high public official of the Chinese Empire
[n] any high government official or bureaucrat
[n] a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
[n] shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mandarin: Beijing dialect | Citrus reticulata | Mandarin Chinese | Mandarin dialect | mandarin orange | mandarin orange | mandarin orange tree

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mandarin: authority | Brahmin | brainworker | bureaucrat | civil servant | doctor | egghead | elder | elder statesman | elitist | functionary | functionnaire | great soul | guru | highbrow | illuminate | intellect | intellectual | intellectualist | jack-in-office | literate | lover of wisdom | mahatma | man of intellect | man of wisdom | master | mastermind | mentor | name-dropper | office-bearer | officeholder | officer | official | officiary | oracle | petty tyrant | philosopher | placeman | prig | public official | public servant | rabbi | red-tapist | rishi | sage | sapient | savant | scholar | seer | snob | starets | thinker | tufthunter | white-collar intellectual | wise man | wise old man

See Also | Chinese | Chinese | citrous fruit | citrus | citrus | citrus fruit | Citrus reticulata | citrus tree | clementine | clementine tree | elitist | functionary | genus Citrus | mandarin | mandarin | mandarin orange tree | official | satsuma | satsuma | satsuma tree | tangerine | tangerine | tangerine tree

Mandarin In Webster's Dictionary

\Man`da*rin"\, n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantr[=i] minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.] 1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam. 2. (Bot.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species ({Citrus nobilis})

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