Thesaurus results for MANDARIN

mandarin

noun

ˈman-d(ə-)rən

as in official

a worker in a government agency the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms

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Recent Examples on the Web Corail Oscuro uses a traceable, biodegradable and renewable technique to harvest the mandarin, for example, and the vanilla in Lilyphéa is traceable, as well. —

James Manso, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024 The lemon and mandarin flavors are refreshing, and the presentation is too cute to pass up. —

Essence, 13 Aug. 2024 Three small mandarins are just 120 calories and deliver a boost of immune-enhancing vitamin C. —

Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 6 Aug. 2024 By 1911, that order existed only in the minds of Qing mandarins who had retained their sense of China’s innate superiority even though China had become powerless to stop the encroachments of Japan and the Western powers. —

Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017 See all Example Sentences for mandarin

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