Definitions for Chinamen

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Chinamen Chi·na·man

Spelling: [chahy-nuh-muh n]

IPA: /ˈtʃaɪ nə mən/

Chinamen is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in Chinamen (acehimnn).

Definitions for Chinamen

noun

1. Older Use: Offensive. a term used to refer to a Chinese person or a person of Chinese descent.
2. (often lowercase) Older Slang: Offensive. a person regarded as one's benefactor, sponsor, or protector:
3. (lowercase) Archaic. a person who imports or sells china.

Idioms

1. a Chinaman's chance, Older Use: Offensive. the slightest chance:

Origin of Chinamen

First recorded in 1765-75; China + -man

Examples for Chinamen

On the instant the old Chinaman was electrified into sudden and astounding action.

I want you up here to help me and Bun Hin's Chinaman to count that money.

As no Chinaman likes to appear disrespectful to his mother, Hung Li said no more.

The Chinaman stokers went in a disorderly rush for the port boats.

The by-standers went their ways, and the Chinaman, assisted by the policeman, his own.

He can command the Chinaman, and that––Besides, all this is not to the point.

And when the Chinaman saw the dog, he said to him, "what do you do for a living?"

During these revelations Bulan had sat with his eyes fixed upon the Chinaman.

He, and he alone, in this insane city, will wait at table (the Chinaman doesn't count).

He shouted to me in English: 'Let four men enter your compound to get that Chinaman!'