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Capitans China

Capitans China is the plural of Capitan China.

Meaning of Capitan China

Noun

Capitan China (plural Capitans China)

  1. (historical) A Chinese official, boss, or headman, who had authority over Chinese workers in a foreign nation.
    • The "Capitan China" is a personage always met and very much looked up to, on the tin mines all over the Malayan Peninsula.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 352

Questions about Capitans China

What is Capitans China the plural of?
Capitans China is the plural of Capitan China.

Words near Capitans China in the dictionary

  1. capitanias
  2. capitano
  3. capitanoes
  4. capitanos
  5. capitans
  6. Capitans China
  7. capitate
  8. capitate bone
  9. capitate bones
  10. capitated
  11. capitately

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