TATAR
\tˈɑːtə], \tˈɑːtə], \t_ˈɑː_t_ə]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One of a people originating in Chinese Tatary (Manchuria and Mongolia); a Turk, Cossack, etc.; also, the dialects spoken by these peoples.
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One of the Mongols of the 13th century who ravaged Europe and Asia.
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A person of savage temper: in this sense always Tartar.
By James Champlin Fernald
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