tchinn.
/tʃin/ Rank; person or persons of quality.
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highnesseOE
dignityc1230
worshiphead1340
gentryc1390
heighta1400
rank?c1430
portc1475
affair1480
stateliness1548
character1629
sublimitya1656
station1706
rate1707
elevatedness1731
tchin1861
1861 R. Cecil in Sat. Rev. 2 Mar. 228/2 The Emperor is practically an absentee landlord, knowing nothing of his estate except what the tchin is pleased to tell him.
1885 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 105 The name of the father is also the same: the tchin (rank) likewise!
1904 Daily Chron. 29 July 4/4 M. Plehve..well knew that the Tsar, the amiable youngster,..was a tool in the hands of the omnipotent tchin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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