Definitions for taipans

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taipans tai·pan

Spelling: [tahy-pan]

IPA: /ˈtaɪ pæn/

Taipans is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in taipans (aainpst).

Definitions for taipans

noun

1. (in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
2. a highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of New Guinea and northern Australia, that grows to a length of from 10 to 12 feet (3.1 to 3.7 meters).

Origin of taipans

1895-1900; dialectal Chinese (compare Guangdong dial. daaih-bāan), akin to Chinese dàbǎn (dà great + bǎn company, class)

Examples for taipans

I sought a taipan, which means the head of an English trading firm.

He was the biggest taipan on the island, and quite the nicest.