(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.

(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.

Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.

Alternative spelling of mandarin (“citrus fruit”)

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

plural of mandarine

plural of mandarinate