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1. (n.) mandarin
(in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials.
2. mandarin
(cap.)
3. mandarin
a more or less uniform spoken form of the Chinese language based loosely on the dialect of Beijing and used by officials in late imperial China.
4. mandarin
the group of related Chinese dialects, including Mandarin and the modern standard language, spoken in SW, central, and N China and in Manchuria.
5. mandarin
a small spiny Chinese citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, bearing flattish orange-yellow to deep orange loose-skinned fruit.
6. mandarin
this fruit, some hybrid varieties of which are called tangerines.
7. mandarin
an influential or powerful government official or bureaucrat.
8. mandarin
a member of an elite or powerful group or class.
9. (adj.) mandarin
of or pertaining to a mandarin or mandarins.
10. mandarin
elegantly refined, as in language or taste.
Etymology: (1580–90; < Pg mandarim, < Malay m&schwa;nt&schwa;ri&indirdesc; Skt mantrin councilor)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata
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) mandarin
a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
3. (noun) mandarin
any high government official or bureaucrat
4. (noun) mandarin
a high public official of imperial China
5. (noun) mandarin, mandarin orange
a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
6. (noun) Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) mandarin
a Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam
2. (noun) mandarin
a small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine --
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. mandarin
the name given by foreigners, derived from the Portuguese, signifying to "command," to Chinese official functionaries, of which there are some nine orders, distinguished by the buttons on their caps, and they are appointed chiefly for their possession of the requisite qualifications for the office they aspire to.
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Sense: (alsomandarin orange) a type of small orange.
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 Afrikaans: mandaryn, naartjie |
 Arabic: فاكِهَة المَندَرين، يوسِف |
 Bulgarian: мандарина |
 Brazilian: tangerina |
 Czech: mandarinka |
 German: die Mandarine |
 Danish: mandarin |
 Greek: μανταρίνι |
 Spanish: mandarina |
 Estonian: mandariin |
 Farsi: نارنگی |
 Finnish: mandariini |
 French: mandarine |
 Hebrew: מַנדָרִינָה |
 Hindi: चीनी नारंगी |
 Croatian: mandarina |
 Hungarian: mandarin |
 Indonesian: jeruk |
 Icelandic: mandarína |
 Italian: mandarino |
 Japanese: みかん |
 Korean: (중국종) 귤의 일종 |
 Lithuanian: mandarinas |
 Latvian: mandarīns (auglis) |
 Malay: limau mandarin |
 Dutch: mandarijn |
 Norwegian: mandarin |
 Polish: mandarynka |
 Persian: ،نوع نارنج نارنگی |
 Pashto: يو ډول نارنج |
 Portuguese: tangerina |
 Romanian: mandarină |
 Russian: мандарин |
 Slovak: mandarínka |
 Slovenian: mandarina |
 Serbian: mandarina |
 Swedish: mandarin |
 Thai: ส้มจีน |
 Turkish: mandalina |
 Taiwanese: 橘子 |
 Ukrainian: мандарин |
 Urdu: ایک قسم کا چھوٹا سنترا |
 Vietnamese: quả quít |
 Chinese: 桔子，中国柑桔 |
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