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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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)
3: the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Persian T?t?r, of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish Tatar Tatar Date: 1842 1. a member of any of a group of Turkic peoples found mainly in the Tatar Republic of Russia and parts of Siberia and central Asia 2. any of the Turkic languages spoken by the Tatar peoples

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of TARTAR.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]