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mandarindom

mandarindom noun: the state or essence of being a mandarin.

Noun

mandarindom (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or essence of being a mandarin.
    • ...and though no one who sees the shaggy, unkempt brutes, with their tawdry garniture and jingling necklaces of bells, which are used by the gentry, soldiery, and mandarindom of the empire,...1887, Frederic Henry Balfour, Leaves from my Chinese Scrapbook, Chapter 8, page 72

Origin of mandarindom

From mandarin + -dom.

Questions about mandarindom

What does mandarindom mean?
Mandarindom means the state or essence of being a mandarin.
What part of speech is mandarindom?
Mandarindom is a noun.

Words near mandarindom in the dictionary

  1. mandarin square
  2. mandarin squares
  3. mandarinal
  4. mandarinate
  5. mandarinates
  6. mandarindom
  7. mandarine
  8. mandarines
  9. mandariness
  10. mandarinesses
  11. mandarinfish

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