ˈtäd.ə(r), -ätə- noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Persian Tātār, of Turkic origin; akin to Kazan Tatar & Turkish Tatar
1. : a member of one of the numerous chiefly Turkic peoples prob. originating in Manchuria and Mongolia and now found mainly in the Tatar republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the north Caucasus, Crimea, and sections of Siberia — see golden horde
2. : the Turkic language of any of the Tatar peoples