Tartan Definition
To clothe in tartan.
The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.
Origin of Tartan
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Blend of Middle English tartaryn (“rich material"), from Middle French tartarin (“Tartar cloth"), and Middle French tiretaine (“cloth of mixed fibers"), from Old French tiret (“kind of cloth"), from tire (“oriental cloth of silk"), from Medieval Latin tyrius (“material from Tyre"), from Latin Tyrus (“Tyre").
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Middle English tartane possibly from Old French tiretaine linsey-woolsey probably from tiret a kind of cloth from tire silk cloth from Latin Tyrius Tyrian (cloth) from Tyrus , Tyre
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French tartane from Provençal tartano from Old Provençal tartana buzzard of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French tartane, from Italian tartana, of uncertain origin.
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Assyrian.
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