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taipans

taipans is the plural of taipan.

Meaning of taipan

Noun (1)

taipan (plural taipans)

  1. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.

Noun (2)

taipan (plural taipans)

  1. A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.
    • Of course it was very sad, but the taipan could hardly help a smile when he thought how many of these young fellows he had drunk underground.1922, W. Somerset Maugham, The Taipan
  2. (Philippines) A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background)

Phrases with taipans

Questions about taipans

What is taipans the plural of?
Taipans is the plural of taipan.

Words near taipans in the dictionary

  1. Taipa
  2. Taipa Grande
  3. Taipa Pequena
  4. Taipalsaari
  5. taipan
  6. taipans
  7. taipao
  8. Taipeh
  9. Taipei
  10. Taipeian
  11. Taipeians

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