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tuan

tuan noun: a brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.

tuan: a brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia
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Noun (1)

tuan (plural tuans)

  1. A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.
    Synonyms:
    common wambenger, black-tailed phascogale

Noun (2)

tuan (plural tuans)

  1. (South-Asia, obsolete) Lord; master.
    • "It gives you the Tuan touch. You learn to clap your hands to summon your coloured servants, instead of yelling...to drink stengahs, instead of plain whisky, to speak of lunch as tiffin...God help us!" He chuckled deeply.1975, Xavier Herbert, Poor Fellow My Country, Sydney: Collins Publishers, published 1988, page 129

Synonyms of tuan

  • common wambenger
  • black-tailed phascogale

Forms of tuan

pluraltuans

Origin of tuan

Borrowed from Wathaurong duwan.

Borrowed from Malay tuan.

Questions about tuan

What does tuan mean?
Tuan means a brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.
What part of speech is tuan?
Tuan is a noun.
What is the plural of tuan?
The plural of tuan is tuans.

Words near tuan in the dictionary

  1. tuaminoheptane
  2. Tuamotu
  3. Tuamotuan
  4. Tuamotuans
  5. Tuamotus
  6. tuan
  7. Tuanfeng
  8. tuans
  9. Tuao
  10. Tuapse
  11. Tuaran

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