Lexic.us

Definition of Mandarin

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. A member of an elite intellectual or cultural group.

3. Noun. Any high government official or bureaucrat.

4. Noun. A high public official of imperial China.

5. Noun. A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China.

6. Noun. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China.

Definition of Mandarin

1. n. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.

Definition of Mandarin

1. a citrus fruit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mandarin

1. 1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam. 2. A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis). Mandarin duck, an artificial aniline dyestuff used for colouring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline. Origin: Pg. Mandarim, from Malay mantri minister of state, prop. A Hind. Word, fr. Skr. Mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man to think. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandarin

mancuses mand Manda Mandaean Mandaeanism mandala mandalas Mandalay mandalic mandamus

mandamused mandamuses mandamusing Mandara mandarin (current term) Mandarin mandarinate mandarinates mandarinic mandarining

mandarinism mandarinisms mandarins Mandarin Chinese Mandarin dialect mandarin duck mandarin orange mandarin orange tree mandataries mandatary

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