Khitan
noun
Khi·tan
variants:
or Kitan \ ˈkēˈtän \
or less commonly Chi-dan
or Chi-tan \ ˈchēˈdän \
plural Khitan
or Khitans
or Kitan
or Kitans
Definition of Khitan
1
: a conquering Tatar people maintaining hegemony of northern China in the Liao dynasty from the 10th to the 12th centuries
2
: a member of the Khitan people