Definition of "manchurian" [manchurian]

• Of or pertaining to Manchuria, a large territory forming part of the Chinese empire, and the original home of the Tatar dynasty now ruling in China. It lies east of Mongolia, and north of Corea.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The defense for the threatened elites may be to, hell or high water, get back to divisive politicking --- foster new divisiveness by resurrecting the old racial one, or play the fear card and use security-issue divisiveness to smear him as some kind of manchurian candidate."
• "Sounds like she has all the qualifications of a manchurian candidate …"
• "Seems weird what with his welfare mama and all … I suspect manchurian candidate type chaos will ensue …."