(historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire. / A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat. / (often derogatory) A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles.

Pertaining to or reminiscent of mandarins; deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist.

A small, sweet citrus fruit. / A tree of the species Citrus reticulata. / (color) An orange colour.

Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.

Alternative spelling of mandarin (“citrus fruit”)

plural of mandarin

plural of mandarine

(obsolete) The status of holding a position as a mandarin. / The collective body of mandarins. / A political form of rule by mandarins.

Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.

The use of dilute nitric acid to give an orange colour to goods formed of animal tissue, such as silk or wool.