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laodahs

laodahs is the plural of laodah.

Meaning of laodah

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

Questions about laodahs

What is laodahs the plural of?
Laodahs is the plural of laodah.

Words near laodahs in the dictionary

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

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