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Lama

//ˈlɑː.mə// name, noun, phrase

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of llama. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in) obsolete

    "The Wedding Dress, composed of a most magnificent silver lama, on net, over a rich silver tissue slip, with a superb border of silver lama embroidery at the bottom, forming shells and bouquets; above the border a most elegant falling, tastefully designed, in festoons of rich silver lama, and finished with a very brilliant roleau^([sic]) of lama."

  4. 4
    Initialism of long-acting muscarinic antagonist. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism wordnet
Phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of leaving/left against medical advice. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”).

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