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mandarindom

noun

Etymology

From mandarin + -dom.

  1. derived from मन्त्रिन् — “minister, councillor”
  2. derived from menteri
  3. borrowed from mandarim
  4. suffixed as mandarindom — “mandarin + dom”

Definitions

  1. The state or essence of being a mandarin.

    • ...and though no one who sees the shaggy, unkempt brutes, with their tawdry garniture and jingling necklaces of bells, which are used by the gentry, soldiery, and mandarindom of the empire,...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA