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Tatar(encyclopedia)
Tatar (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Tatar Strait(encyclopedia)
Tatar language(encyclopedia)

Tatar (iou)



Tatar noun & adjective. E17.
[Turkish name of a Tatar tribe. Cf. TARTAR noun2 & adjective.]
A. noun.
A member of a group of Turkic peoples probably originating in Manchuria and Mongolia and now found mainly in parts of Siberia, Crimea, the N. Caucasus, and districts along the River Volga. E17.
The Turkic language of these peoples. L19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Tatars or their language. E19.