"Chinaman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəmən/, /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəmɪn/ Forms: Chinamen [plural]
Etymology: From Chinese Pidgin English. Calque of Chinese 中國人/中国人 (Zhōngguórén) ("China + -man"). Applied also to ships by analogy with East Indiaman. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cpi|-}} Chinese Pidgin English, {{cal|en|zh|中國人}} Calque of Chinese 中國人/中国人 (Zhōngguórén), {{suffix|en|China|man}} China + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|Chinamen}} Chinaman (plural Chinamen)
  1. (dated, now offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent. Tags: dated, offensive Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Synonyms: Chinaperson Hyponyms: Chinawoman [Chinese, person] Derived forms: Chinaman's chance, Chinaman's chance in Hell, Chinaman's Peak, Chinaperson, Chinawoman, John Chinaman, Johnny Chinaman, must have killed a Chinaman Coordinate_terms: Chinawoman Translations (a man who is Chinese, a Chinese man): kinamand [common-gender] (Danish), kineser [common-gender] (Danish), kinukki [derogatory] (Finnish), Chinois [masculine] (French), Chinese [masculine] (German), Κινέζος (Kinézos) [masculine] (Greek), Pākē (Hawaiian), orang Cina (Indonesian), singkek (Indonesian), kinamann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kineser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kinamann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kinesar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), chinol [masculine] (Polish), chinez [masculine] (Romanian), chinezoi [masculine] (Romanian), chino [masculine] (Spanish), כינעזער (khinezer) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Chinaman-en-noun-49~PoVdv Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 50 37 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 47 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of 'a man who is Chinese, a Chinese man': 97 2 1
  2. A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
    Sense id: en-Chinaman-en-noun-viMtiEf8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 47 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 42 40 18
  3. (US, slang, obsolete, offensive) Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin. Tags: US, obsolete, offensive, slang
    Sense id: en-Chinaman-en-noun-ypcF7Jx5 Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 42 40 18

Inflected forms

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  "word": "Chinaman"
}

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