Mandarin(n.) A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.
Mandarin(n.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine --.
Mandarinate(n.) The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China.
Mandarinic(a.) Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
Mandarining(n.) The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid.
Mandarinism(n.) A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.
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