chinaman
noun (chinamen)
Everyday
(old use, now offensive) A chinaman was an old word for a man from China. Say «a Chinese person» instead. tree →
In the lessons
in old fairy tales, an old-fashioned name for a person from China; the tales use it, but a child should not use it today.
Examples
- The old tale calls the emperor's courtier a chinaman, but today we say Chinese person. tree →
- Say Chinese person, not chinaman. tree →
Note
nothing for maths.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «chinaman» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «chinaman» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/chinaman/