"chinaman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-chinaman.ogg Forms: chinamen [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|chinamen}} chinaman (plural chinamen)
  1. (obsolete) A dealer in porcelain (china). [18th–19th c.] Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-chinaman-en-noun-bWOdNxQa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: en-au-chinaman.ogg Forms: chinamen [plural]
Etymology: From Chinaman, a dated, now offensive term for a Chinese person. Compare Chinese (“unfamiliar, unexpected”). Head templates: {{en-noun|chinamen}} chinaman (plural chinamen)
  1. (cricket, dated) A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin) Tags: dated Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-chinaman-en-noun-1mFf9S2f Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-chinaman-en-noun-TCN04quY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 18 56 21 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 11 18 52 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 17 59 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 15 63 18 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (cricket) A ball delivered with such an action Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-chinaman-en-noun-mC9iPQus Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) A dealer in porcelain (china). [18th–19th c.]"
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