noun
also kho·zar or cha·zar kəˈzär ; or ka·za·ri·an -rēən
( plural khazar or khazars )
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : a Tatar people existing as a nation in the Caucasus and southeastern Russia from about the end of the 2d century A.D. to the end of the 11th century
2. : a member of the Khazar people