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Tar·tar  audio  (tärtr) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. also Ta·tar  (tätr) KEY  A member of any of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples of central Asia who invaded western Asia and eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
  2. Variant of Tatar.
  3. often tartar A person regarded as ferocious or violent.

IDIOM:
catch a Tartar
To grapple with an unexpectedly formidable opponent.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English Tartre, from Old French Tartare, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, alteration (influenced by Latin Tartarus, Tartarus), of Persian Ttr ; see Tatar


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