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tatar

Ta.tar \'ta:t-*r\ n [Per Ta-ta-r, of Turkic origin; akin to Turk Tartar] 1: 
   a member of any of numerous chiefly Turkic peoples found mainly in the T 
   atar republic of the U.S.S.R.., the north Caucasus, Crimea, and parts of 
   Siberia 2: the Turkic language of any of the Tatar peoples