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taipan

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noun (1)

: a powerful businessman and especially formerly a foreigner living and operating in Hong Kong or China

taipan

2 of 2

noun (2)

tai·​pan ˈtī-ˌpan How to pronounce taipan (audio)
: an exceedingly venomous elapid snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of northern Australia and New Guinea
also : a related snake (O. microlepidotus)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Chinese (Guangdong) daaih-bāan, from daaih big + bāan class

Noun (2)

Wik Munkan (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) dhayban

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1834, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1933, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of taipan was in 1834

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