mandarindom

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noun

The state or essence of being a mandarin.

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Meanings

nounmandarindom (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe 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

From mandarin + -dom.

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APA

mandarindom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarindom

MLA

“mandarindom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarindom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mandarindom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarindom.

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