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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tai•pan1 (tī′pan),USA pronunciation n. - (in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- dialect, dialectal Chinese (compare Guangdong dialect, dialectal daaih-bāan), akin to Chinese dàbǎn (dà great + bǎn company, class)
- 1895–1900
- Reptilesa highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of New Guinea and northern Australia, that grows to a length of from 10 to 12 ft. (3.1 to 3.7 m).
- Wik-Munkan (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around the Archer River, north, northern Queensland), recorded as tay-pan
- 1930–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: taipan /ˈtaɪˌpæn/ n - a large highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of NE Australia
Etymology: 20th Century: from a native Australian language |