MANDARIN

Mandarin

The Mandarin is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the archenemy of Iron Man.

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mandarin

Noun

  1. A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
  2. A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
  3. A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles.
  4. A mandarin duck.
  5. A senior civil servant.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A mandarin orange; a small, sweet citrus fruit.
  2. A mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata.
  3. An orange colour.

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to mandarins.
  2. Deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, elaborate.


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