mandarin
/ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn//ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/noun
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A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire
A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat
A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles
A senior civil servant
adjective
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Pertaining to or reminiscent of mandarins; deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist
noun
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A perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.