Tartar, Tatar

Tartar, Tatar
Standard dictionaries differ in their recommendations for the preferred use of this term. Both Tatar and Tartar refer to a member of one of the Mongolian tribes under Genghis Khan and his descendants which overran much of Asia and Eastern Europe in the thirteenth century. The term (either spelling) is also applied to descendants of such peoples who now live in Central Asia. By extension, both Tatar and Tartar mean "an unruly, intractable, or savage person." The expression "to catch a tartar" means "to deal with someone who is troublesome or powerful." Recommendation: use either Tartar or Tatar in ordinary writing; use Tatar if you are dealing with ethnic or cultural matters.

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