Is Mandarin Ate a Word?
The Office or Position of a Mandarin. Government by Mandarins. (Figuratively) a Type of Government Marked by Excessive Bureaucracy and Byzantine Regulations...
The office or position of a mandarin. Government by mandarins. (figuratively) A type of government marked by excessive bureaucracy and Byzantine regulations. ...
What does Mandarinate mean?
1 : the office or status of a mandarin. 2 : a body of mandarins. 3 : rule by mandarins.
Is mandarin an English word?
The noun passed into the English language in the late 16th century, and the adjective appeared in the early 17th. You may also know Mandarin as a word for the chief dialect of China or be familiar with the mandarin orange (the fruit's name comes from the orange color of a mandarin official's robe).