First Known Use: 1834
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1taipan
noun tai·pan \ˈtī-ˌpan, ˈtī-ˈpän\
Definition of TAIPAN
: a powerful businessman and especially formerly a foreigner living and operating in Hong Kong or China
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Origin of TAIPAN
Chinese (Guangdong) daaih-bāan, from daaih big + bāan class
Rhymes with TAIPAN
adman, Afghan, aidman, ape-man, Bataan, bedpan, best man, Bhutan, birdman, boardman, boss man, brainpan, brogan, caftan, caiman, cancan, capstan, captan, caveman, chessman, claypan, clubman, Cohan, cooncan, corban, cowman, Cruzan, C-Span, cyan, deadman, deadpan, deskman, dishpan, divan, doorman, dustpan, fan-tan, Fezzan, fibranne, flight plan, flyman, FORTRAN, freedman, freeman, frogman, gagman, game plan, glucan, G-man, Greenspan, hardpan, headman, he-man, iceman, inspan, Iran, japan, Japan, jazzman, Kazan, kneepan, Koran, Kurgan, leadman, liege man, life span, liftman, loran, madman, main man, Malan, Mandan, man's man, mailman, merman, Milan, milkman, newsman, oilcan, oilman, oil pan, old man, one-man, pavane, pecan, plowman, point man, postman, Poznan, preman, pressman, propman, Queen Anne, ragman, rattan, reedman, reman, rodman, routeman, Saipan, salt pan, sampan, sandman, saucepan, schoolman, sea fan, sedan, sideman, snowman, soundman, soutane, spaceman, Spokane, spray can, stewpan, stickman, stockman, straight man, straw man, strongman, stuntman, Sudan, suntan, T-man, TACAN, test ban, tin can, tisane, toucan, trainman, trashman, trepan, triptan, Tristan, tube pan, unman, vegan, Walkman, weight man, wingspan, wise man, yardman, yes-man
2taipan
noun tai·pan \ˈtī-ˌpan\
Definition of TAIPAN
: an exceedingly venomous elapid snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of northern Australia and New Guinea; also : a related snake (O. microlepidotus)
Origin of TAIPAN
Wik Munkan (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) dhayban
First Known Use: 1933
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