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taipan

noun
/ˈtaɪpæn/UK

Etymology

From the name of the Thaypan tribe of Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, or from Wik-Mungkan tay-pan (or dhayban).

  1. borrowed from thaypan

Definitions

  1. A foreign businessman in China

    A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.

    • Of course it was very sad, but the taipan could hardly help a smile when he thought how many of these young fellows he had drunk underground.
    • The British taipans stood in one sodden circle with their womenfolk, like bored officers at a garrison get-together.

  2. A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background)

  3. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA