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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A boy who is Chinese; a (young) man from China or of Chinese descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slur
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A houseboy from China or of Chinese descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, offensive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From China + boy; compare Chinaman (etymology).
