Manchu
(Man*chu") a. [Written also Manchoo, Mantchoo, etc.] Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its
inhabitants. — n. A native or inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language spoken by the Manchus.
Mancipate
(Man"ci*pate) v. t. [L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell. Cf. Emancipate.] To enslave; to
bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
Mancipation
(Man`ci*pa"tion) n. [L. mancipatio a transfer.] Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.
Manciple
(Man"ci*ple) n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with l inserted, as in participle), fr. L.
mancipium. See Mancipate.] A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court. Chaucer.
Mancona bark
(Man*co"na bark`) See Sassy bark.
Mancus
(Man"cus) n. [AS.] An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated
values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.
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mancy
(-man`cy) -mancie.]—> A combining form denoting divination; as, aleuromancy, chiromancy,
necromancy, etc.
Mand
(Mand) n. A demand. [Obs.] See Demand.
Mandamus
(||Man*da"mus) n. [L., we command, fr. mandare to command.] (Law) A writ issued by a
superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority,
commanding the performance of some specified duty.
Mandarin
(Man`da*rin") n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantri minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr.
Skr. mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.]
1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.
2. (Bot.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted
a distinct species
Mandarin duck (Zoöl.),
a beautiful Asiatic duck often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an
emblem of conjugal affection. — Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of educated
people in China. — Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and
wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.
Mandarinate
(Man`da*rin"ate) n. The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China. S. W.
Williams.
Mandarinic
(Man`da*rin"ic) a. Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
Mandarining
(Man`da*rin"ing), n. (Dyeing) The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of
animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by
the action of dilute nitric acid. Tomlinson.
Mandarinism
(Man`da*rin"ism) n. A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins. F.
Lieder.
Mandatary
(Man"da*ta*ry) n. [L. mandatarius, fr. mandatum a charge, commission, order: cf. F. mandataire.
See Mandate.]
1. One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by
his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice. Ayliffe.