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.
Generic synonyms: Elitist

3. Noun. Any high government official or bureaucrat.
Generic synonyms: Functionary, Official

4. Noun. A high public official of imperial China.
Generic synonyms: Chinese

5. Noun. A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China.
Exact synonyms: Mandarin Orange
Generic synonyms: Citrous Fruit, Citrus, Citrus Fruit
Specialized synonyms: Clementine, Satsuma, Tangerine
Group relationships: Citrus Reticulata, Mandarin Orange, Mandarin Orange Tree

6. Noun. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China.
Exact synonyms: Beijing Dialect, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin Dialect
Generic synonyms: Chinese

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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