Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAN-DA-RIN
MAN-DA'MUSMAN'DA-TA-RY, or MAN'DA-TO-RY
MAN-DA-RIN, n. [Port. mandarim, from mandar, L. mando, to command. This is a Portuguese word. The Chinese name of this officer is Quan. Malcom.]
In China, a magistrate or governor of a province; also, the court language of China.
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