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1.NounWoven 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; a particular type of such fabric.
2.NounA pattern used on such fabric.
3.NounClothing made from this fabric.
4.NounAn individual who wears tartan (etymology 1, noun sense 1.2); specifically, a Scottish Highlander, or a Scottish person (chiefly a Scotsman) in general.
A type of fly used in fly fishing, often to catch salmon.
A young person who is a member of a Protestant gang in Northern Ireland.
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.
5.NounAn individual who wears tartan (etymology 1, noun sense 1.2); specifically, a Scottish Highlander, or a Scottish person (chiefly a Scotsman) in general.
6.NounA type of fly used in fly fishing, often to catch salmon.
7.NounA young person who is a member of a Protestant gang in Northern Ireland.
8.NounPreceded by the: a group of people customarily wearing tartan; Scottish Highlanders or Scottish people collectively; also, the soldiers of a Scottish Highland regiment collectively.
9.NounOriginally a trade name in the form Tartan: a synthetic resin used for surfacing ramps, running tracks, etc.
10.NounEllipsis of tartan-purry (“a porridge made from cabbage mixed with oatmeal”).
11.AdjectiveMade of tartan (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1), or having a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles like a that of a tartan.
12.AdjectiveOf or relating to Scotland, its culture, or people; Scottish.
13.VerbTo clothe (someone) in tartan (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.2).
14.VerbTo apply a tartan pattern to (something).
15.VerbTo make (something) Scottish, or more Scottish; to tartanize.
16.NounA type of one-masted vessel with a lateen sail and a foresail, used in the Mediterranean.