mandarin

Definition

  • noun: a small type of orange
  • noun: a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades
  • synonyms: brahmin, authority, brainworker

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the " Network News" anchorman on UBS TV. ln his time, Howard Beale had been a mandarin of television... the grand old man of news... with a HUT rating of and a audience share. ln , however, his fortunes began to decline. (..)
    1976 Network