Tatar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tatar	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tatar n a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century Synonym(s): Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups) the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. 1. [Per. T[be]t[be]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.]