Tungus n 1: a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu [syn: {Tungus}, {Evenk}] 2: the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia [syn: {Tungus}, {Tunguz}, {Evenki}, {Ewenki}]