tatar

3 definitions found

tatar - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tartar \Tar"tar\, n.
     1. [Per. T[=a]t[=a]r, of Tartar origin.] A native or
        inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of
        numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin,
        inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more
        correctly but less usually, Tatar.
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     2. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
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     To catch a tartar, to lay hold of, or encounter, a person
        who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.]
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tatar - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Tatar
      n 1: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who
           invaded Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar,
           Mongol Tatar]
      2: a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga
         to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many
         other groups)
      3: the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga
         to the Ural Mountains

tatar - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  tatar
  
     <human language> A Turkic language spoken by about five
     million Tatars in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and elsewhere; the
     official language of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian
     Federation).
  
     language codes: tt, tat.
  
     (2006-12-11)