Chineseman

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Chinese man, a Chinaman.

    "When speaking of the Chinese individually we should undoubtedly say a Chinese or a Chineseman."

Example

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"When speaking of the Chinese individually we should undoubtedly say a Chinese or a Chineseman."

Etymology

A compound of Chinese + -man, or a compression of the words "Chinese man" into a single word, which may have been influenced by Chinaman or by similar words such as Englishman, Frenchman and Dutchman.

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