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▸ noun:  (uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.
▸ noun:  (countable) A pattern used on such fabric.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Clothing made from this fabric.
▸ noun:  (figurative)
▸ noun:  (countable) An individual who wears tartan (sense 1.2); specifically, a Scottish Highlander, or a Scottish person (chiefly a Scotsman) in general.
▸ noun:  (countable, fishing) A type of fly used in fly fishing, often to catch salmon.
▸ noun:  (countable, UK) A young person who is a member of a Protestant gang in Northern Ireland.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Preceded by the: a group of people customarily wearing tartan; Scottish Highlanders or Scottish people collectively; also, the soldiers of a Scottish Highland regiment collectively.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, chiefly attributive) Originally a trade name in the form Tartan: a synthetic resin used for surfacing ramps, running tracks, etc.
▸ adjective:  Made of tartan (noun sense 1), or having a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles like a that of a tartan.
▸ adjective:  (figurative, sometimes humorous) Of or relating to Scotland, its culture, or people; Scottish.
▸ verb:  To clothe (someone) in tartan (noun sense 1.2).
▸ verb:  To apply a tartan pattern to (something).
▸ verb:  (figurative) To make (something) Scottish, or more Scottish; to tartanize.
▸ noun:  (nautical) A type of one-masted vessel with a lateen sail and a foresail, used in the Mediterranean.
▸ noun:  (historical) A kind of long covered carriage.
▸ noun:  (historical) The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, Scotland) Short for tartan-purry (“a porridge made from cabbage mixed with oatmeal”).

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