Tartarian

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Tartar +‎ -ian.

Noun

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Tartarian (plural Tartarians)

  1. (now rare) A Tartar.
  2. (now rare) The language of the Tartars; Tatar.
    • 1577, John Dee, Perfect Arte of Navigation:
      Two, or Three Honest Men […] should be Skilfull in Far-Forreyn-Languages: As, in the Sclauonian, or Moschouite, the Arabik Vulgar, the Turkish, the Tartarien, the Chiny Language, the Canadien, and the Islandish, &c.
  3. (dated) Any of various varieties of cherry. The Black Tartarian is a sweet cherry from Russia; the White Tartarian is a French variety of the early 1800s.

Adjective

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Tartarian (comparative more Tartarian, superlative most Tartarian)

  1. Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. [] The First Part [], 2nd edition, part 1, London: [] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
      Then hauing paſt Armenian deſerts now,
      And pitcht our tents vnder the Georgean hills,
      Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues,
      That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:
      What ſhould we doe but bid them battel ſtraight,
      And rid the world of thoſe deteſted troopes?
Derived terms
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Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus)

Etymology 2

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From Tartar(us) +‎ -ian.

Adjective

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Tartarian (comparative more Tartarian, superlative most Tartarian)

  1. Pertaining to Tartarus; hellish, infernal.