noun [C]
1 (BrE) a powerful official of high rank, especially in the CIVILSERVICE
2 a government official of high rank in China in the past
3 (also mandarin orange) a type of small orange with loose skin that comes off easily
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for mandarin is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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