Tartan
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Tartan
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- 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; a particular type of such fabric.
- A pattern used on such fabric.
- Clothing made from this fabric.
- An individual who wears tartan (etymology 1 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.
- An individual who wears tartan (etymology 1 sense 1.2); specifically, a Scottish Highlander, or a Scottish person (chiefly a Scotsman) in general.
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