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▪ I. tuan1|tuːˈɑːn|
Also Tuan.
[Malay.]
A master, a lord, formerly esp. a European as spoken to or of by Malays; freq. used as a title of respect or form of address, = ‘sir’, ‘mister’.
1779T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea i. ii. 27, I found Tuan Hadjee in high spirits. 1864J. T. Thomson Some Glimpses Life Far East xxi. 106 ‘Why,’ said he, ‘tuan, these two rows belong to the East India Company's chief official.’ 1885E. Innes Chersonese I. ii. 21 Before the Tuan's (master's) marriage, all his mending is cheerfully done for him by his ‘boy’. 1900Conrad Lord Jim i. 3 They called him Tuan Jim: as one might say—Lord Jim. 1937G. Frankau More of Us xvi. 166 There is nothing frets your gent, your sahib, your tuan,..like having some old donah near his new one. 1958J. Slimming Temiar Jungle ii. 25 ‘Greetings, Tuan!’ His voice is quiet and gentle. 1978L. Heren Growing up on The Times iv. 136 British conscript soldiers were expected to keep the enemy at bay in Malaya while the tuans made their piles.
▪ II. ‖ tuan2
Also touan.
Native name in Australia for the Flying Squirrel or Flying Phalanger (genus Belideus).
1846G. H. Haydon Five Y. Exper. Australia Felix iii. 57 The flying squirrel, or tuan, is much sought after for its fine fur. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn xxxi, The Touan, the little grey flying squirrel, only begins to fly about at night. |