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tuans

tuans is the plural of tuan.

Meaning of tuan

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

Questions about tuans

What is tuans the plural of?
Tuans is the plural of tuan.

Words near tuans in the dictionary

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

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