mandarin
— Noun
– English
～ any high government official or bureaucrat
Mandarin dialect
— Noun
– English
～ the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
mandarin
— Noun
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～ shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
mandatary
— Noun
– English
～ the recipient of a mandate
mandate
— Noun
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～ a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
mandate
— Noun
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～ the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
mandate
— Noun
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～ a document giving an official instruction or command
mandator
— Noun
– English
～ an authority who issues a mandate
mandatorily
— Adverb
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～ in a manner that cannot be evaded; "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied."
mandatory
— Noun
– English
～ a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
mandatory injunction
— Noun
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～ injunction requiring the performance of some specific act
mandatory
— Noun
– English
～ the recipient of a mandate
mandatory
— Adjective
– English
～ required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
mande
— Noun
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～ a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast
Mandean
— Noun
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～ a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah
Mandean
— Noun
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～ the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans
Mandean
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture
Mandeanism
— Noun
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～ a Gnostic religion originating the 2nd and 3rd centuries that believes John the Baptist was the Messiah and that incorporates Jewish and Christian elements into a framework of dualistic beliefs
Mandela
— Noun
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～ South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
Mandelamine
— Noun
– English
～ antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections