Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tatar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
2. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
{To catch a tartar}, to lay hold of, or encounter, a person
who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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) [syn: {Tatar}]
3: the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar people living from
the Volga to the Ural Mountains [syn: {Tatar}]
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