Mongol

Mongol
noun /ˈmɒŋɡəl,ˈmɑŋɡəl/
a) A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian.

They are inhuman and beastly, rather monsters than men, thirsting for and drinking blood, tearing and devouring the flesh of dogs and men, dressed in ox-hides, armed with plates of iron short, stout, thickset, strong, invincible, indefatigable, their backs unprotected, their breasts covered with armour...They have one-edged swords and daggers and spare neither age, nor sex nor condition.

b) A member of any of the various Mongol ethnic groups living in The Mongolian Peoples Republic, the (former) USSR, Tibet and Nepal.

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