Tartar

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of Tatar.
   alt-of, alternative
2. One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh and Azerbaijan.
3. A red compound deposited during wine making, mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate; wine stone — a source of cream of tartar.
   countable, uncountable
4. A fearsome or angrily violent person.
   dated
5. A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
6. A town in Azerbaijan located on this river.
7. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
   countable, uncountable
8. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
   dated, figuratively
9. A rough or violent event.
   figuratively

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Examples

“Mrs. Begg said she liked Mrs. Dain, who was a sensible woman and a first-rate housewife, but that Gabrielle was a tartar.”

“Persia is a great country, which was in old times very illustrious and powerful; but now the Tartars have⟳ wasted and destroyed it.”

“I haven't escaped sickness all my life to get⟳ off easily now. […] I knew when my turn⟳ came, it would be a Tartar.”

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