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Plural of chinaman

irregular plural

The plural of chinaman is chinamen.

Forms of chinaman

Singularchinaman /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəmən/
Pluralchinamen
Countablecountable

Meaning of chinaman

  1. noun A dealer in porcelain (china).
  2. noun A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin).
  3. noun A spin bowler who uses such an action.

Full definition of chinaman

Nouns ending in -man: plural -men

Questions about the plural of chinaman

What is the plural of chinaman?
The plural of chinaman is chinamen.
Is chinaman countable?
Chinaman is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chinaman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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