mandarin
IPA: mˈændɝʌn
noun
- (historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
- A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
- (sometimes derogatory) A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles.
- (informal, Britain) A senior civil servant.
- Ellipsis of mandarin orange.:
- A small, sweet citrus fruit.
- A tree of the species Citrus reticulata.
- (color) An orange colour.
- 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.
- (ornithology) Ellipsis of mandarin duck. [A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.]
adjective
- Pertaining to or reminiscent of mandarins; deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist.
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