Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A member of any of the traditionally nomadic peoples of Mongolia.
- n. See Mongolian.
- n. Anthropology A member of the Mongoloid racial division.
- adj. Of or relating to Mongolia, the Mongols, or their language or culture.
- adj. Anthropology Of or relating to the Mongoloid racial division.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of an Asiatic race now chiefly resident in Mongolia, a vast region north of China proper and south of Siberia, forming a possession of China. Mongols are also found elsewhere in the Chinese empire and in Siberia, etc. The Mongols in the thirteenth century conquered a large part of Asia and overran eastern Europe. See
Mogul . - Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.
Wiktionary
- n. A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian.
- n. A member of any of the various Mongol ethnic groups living in The Mongolian People's Republic, the (former) USSR, Tibet and Nepal.
- n. offensive (usually mongol) A person with Down's syndrome.
- n. A member of the nomadic people from the steppes of central Asia who invaded Europe in the 13th Century. The mongol Empire stretched from the Eastern seas of China to the gates of Vienna.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One of the Mongols.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures
- n. a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia
Etymologies
- Romanisation of Mongolian монгол. (Wiktionary)
- Mongolian Moṅgol. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“MONGOL EMPIRE UND.R JENGHIZ, 1206-1227 A.D. Jenghiz first sent the Mongol armies, which contained many Turkish allies, over the Great Wall [5] and into the fertile plains of China.”
“MONGOL CONQUEST OF RUSSIA, 1237-1240 A.D. The location of Russia [11] on the border of Asia exposed that country to the full force of the Mongol attack.”
“The term Mongol, sometimes written as Mongoul, appears to be directly derived from”
“Finally, Lauren Arnold is quite right that the Franciscans established a thriving mission in Mongol China.”
“The Mongol is simple, happy, good-natured, intensely lazy, and apparently entirely lacking in practical qualities.”
“Customs, Languages, etc. The typical Mongol is short and stumpy; the head is shaven, with the exception of a tuft of hair, a souvenir of the Manchu conquest.”
“Last 48: "Mongol" - fascinating, anxious web launches, date with Chelsea at Wembley, and, honestly, people should learn how to drive.”
“He began preparations for a march by his thousands of troops the so-called Mongol horde across the Gobi Desert and an attack on the Golden Khan, who resided in what is now Beijing.”
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“Living on an immense plain which stretches far into Asia, her population was for centuries constantly exposed to the incursions of lawless, predatory hordes, and this life-and-death struggle culminated in the so-called Mongol domination, during which her native princes were tributary vassals of the great Tartar Khan.”
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915
“This was soon left without inhabitants, for the Mongol is a nomad who cannot live in artificial cities.”
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