Taipan Definition

tīpăn
noun
A powerful businessman in China or Southeast Asia.
American Heritage
The head of a British trading company in colonial Hong Kong.
American Heritage
A deadly venomous snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of the cobra family, found mainly in Australia.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Oxyuranus scutellatus

Other Word Forms of Taipan

Noun

Singular:
taipan
Plural:
taipans

Origin of Taipan

  • Cantonese daai6 baan1 eminent businessman, head of a firm Cantonese, daai6 big, great (from Middle Chinese tfiaj`) (also the source of Mandarin dà) Cantonese baan1 class (from Middle Chinese paːn division, class honcho)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the name of the Thaypan tribe of Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

    From Wiktionary

  • Wik-Mungkan (Pama-Nyungan language of northeast Australia) dhay-ban

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Mandarin 大班 (dàbān, “big shot, rich businessman").

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

TTATAI

Words Ending With

NANPAN

Unscrambles

taipan

Words Starting With T and Ending With N

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With N