Tartarian UK /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/US /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/noun 2adjective 2forms 3 noun2 •Any of various varieties of cherry. The Black Tartarian is a sweet cherry from Russia; the White Tartarian is a French variety of the early 1800s. •(no longer used) A Tartar. adjective2 •Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric. •Pertaining to Tartarus; hellish, infernal.(Sulphur Bottom).—Another retiring gentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings. — 1851 formsTartarians · more Tartarian · most Tartarian