Khitan adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •(historical) Of or pertaining to the Khitan people, language or scripts. noun1 •(historical) A member of the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitais, from the 9th to 13th century C.E. formsKhitans