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laodah

Syllables: lao·dah

laodah noun: chinese boat captain.

Noun

laodah (plural laodahs)

  1. (obsolete) Chinese boat captain.
    • “I sent our compradore to find a junk, and make arrangements for your passage. He came back a few minutes ago, and said he had settled it with the lowdah (captain) of a junk that was just getting up anchor for Hong-Kong.1889 November, Thomas W. Knox, “The Talking Handkerchief”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume LXXIX, number CCCCLXXIV, New York: Harper & Brothers, publishers, page 936

Forms of laodah

plurallaodahs
alternative formlaoda
alternative formlowda
alternative formlowdah

Origin of laodah

Borrowed from Mandarin 老大 (lǎodà).

Questions about laodah

What does laodah mean?
Laodah means chinese boat captain.
What part of speech is laodah?
Laodah is a noun.
What is the plural of laodah?
The plural of laodah is laodahs.

Words near laodah in the dictionary

  1. Laocheng
  2. Laocius
  3. Laocoon
  4. Laocoön
  5. laocracy
  6. laodah
  7. laodahs
  8. Laodicea
  9. laodicean
  10. Laodiceanism
  11. Laodiceans

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