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mandarin
noun
1 a (also mandarin orange) a small citrus fruit, similar to the tangerine, with deep orange skin that peels easily;
b the tree that produces this fruit.
2 (Mandarin or Mandarin Chinese)
a the name given to the form of Chinese spoken in the north, centre and west of China;
b the official spoken language of China, based on the Beijing variety of this language.
3 a high-ranking official or bureaucrat, especially one who is thought to be outside political control the mandarins of Whitehall .
4 a person of great influence, especially a reactionary or pedantic literary figure.
5 hist a senior official belonging to any of the nine ranks of officials under the Chinese Empire.
[18c in sense 1, probably referring to the colour of the skin, similar to that of a Chinese mandarin's robes: 16c in sense 5: from Portuguese mandarim , from Malay mantri counsellor]
noun
1 a (also mandarin orange) a small citrus fruit, similar to the tangerine, with deep orange skin that peels easily;
b the tree that produces this fruit.
2 (Mandarin or Mandarin Chinese)
a the name given to the form of Chinese spoken in the north, centre and west of China;
b the official spoken language of China, based on the Beijing variety of this language.
3 a high-ranking official or bureaucrat, especially one who is thought to be outside political control the mandarins of Whitehall .
4 a person of great influence, especially a reactionary or pedantic literary figure.
5 hist a senior official belonging to any of the nine ranks of officials under the Chinese Empire.
[18c in sense 1, probably referring to the colour of the skin, similar to that of a Chinese mandarin's robes: 16c in sense 5: from Portuguese mandarim , from Malay mantri counsellor]
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