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Meaning
Noun
●
A high government
bureaucrat
of the Chinese Empire.
●
A
pedantic
or
elitist
bureaucrat.
⚠️
A
pedantic
senior
person of influence in
academia
or
literary
circles.
●
In Ornithology & Ducks:
Ellipsis of
mandarin
duck.
●
In British English:
A
senior
civil
servant.
●
Ellipsis of
mandarin
orange.:
A small,
sweet
citrus
fruit.
●
In Citrus subfamily plants & Fruits:
Ellipsis of
mandarin
orange.:
A
tree
of the
species
Citrus reticulata.
●
In Colors:
An
orange
colour.
●
In Languages:
Standard Mandarin, an
official language
of China and Taiwan, and one of
four
official languages
in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.
●
A
branch
of the Chinese
languages
,
consisting of
many
dialects
; Guanhua or Beifanghua.
Adj
●
Pertaining to or
reminiscent
of
mandarins
;
deliberately
superior
or
complex
;
esoteric
,
highbrow
, obscurantist.
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Origin
mandarin
English
mandarine
French
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Etym
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