daotais
daotais is the plural of daotai.
Meaning of daotai
Noun
daotai (countable and uncountable, plural daotai or daotais)
- Synonym of circuit intendant: a local governor of late imperial China.
- TAIWAN, or Chinese Formosa, is considered a Foo or district of the province of Fokien, and is governed by a Taoutai extraordinary, who, though responsible to the provincial viceroy, possesses the privilege of memorialising the Throne direct.[1864, Robert Swinhoe, “Notes on the Island of Formosa.”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume XXXIV, London: John Murray, published 1865, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6
- Synonyms:
- circuit intendant
Questions about daotais
- What is daotais the plural of?
- Daotais is the plural of daotai.
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