mandarin
[noun]
Synonyms: bureaucrat

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Mandarin noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: mandarin]
the official language of China, spoken by most educated Chinese people

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man·da·rin /ˈmændərɪn/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1: Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: mandarine, from Spanish mandarina, probably from mandarín 'mandarin³'; perhaps because mandarins wore orange-colored clothes. ]
[Sense 2-3: Date: 1500-1600; Language: Portuguese; Origin: mandarim, from Malay menteri, from Sanskrit mantrin 'adviser', from mantra; ⇒ mantra]

1. (also ˌmandarin ˈorange) a kind of small orange with skin that is easy to remove

2. British English an important government official who people think has too much power:
Civil Service mandarins

3. an important government official in the former Chinese empire

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