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ernai

ernai noun: a mistress or concubine in China.

Noun

ernai (plural ernai)

  1. A mistress or concubine in China.
    • She was adamant that I never visit her apartment because she was surrounded by other ernai.2013, James Palmer, ‘Kept women’, Aeon
    • An ernai agency operates in Shanghai, providing a menu of potential college students for men willing to pay.2015, Jemimah Steinfeld, Little Emperors and Material Girls, page 91

Forms of ernai

pluralernai

Questions about ernai

What does ernai mean?
Ernai means a mistress or concubine in China.
What part of speech is ernai?
Ernai is a noun.
What is the plural of ernai?
The plural of ernai is ernai.

Words near ernai in the dictionary

  1. Ermoupolis
  2. Ermoúpolis
  3. ERMs
  4. ern
  5. erna
  6. ernai
  7. Ernakulam
  8. Ernandez
  9. Ernandezes
  10. ernas
  11. erne

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