Definition of Chinaman

1. Noun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent.

Exact synonyms: Chink
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Ethnic Slur, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: Chinese

2. Noun. A ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg.
Generic synonyms: Bowling

Definition of Chinaman

1. n. A native of China; a Chinese.

Definition of Chinaman

1. Noun. (archaic pejorative) A man who is Chinese. ¹

2. Noun. (cricket) A left arm unorthodox spin bowler ¹

3. Noun. (cricket) A ball, bowled by a left arm unorthodox spin bowler, with the wrist action of a leg break, but which spins from off to leg for a right handed batsman ¹

4. Noun. (cricket) Or, conversely, such a ball bowled with the action of a googly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinaman

Chimborazo
Chimera
Chimonanthus
Chimonanthus praecox
Chin
China
China's Sorrow
China aster
China fleece vine
China jute
China rose
China syndrome
China syndromes
China tree
Chinaman
Chinaman's chance
Chinaman on one's back
Chinamen
Chinamen's chances
Chinandega
Chinantec
Chinantecs
Chinatown
Chinatowner
Chinatowners
Chinchilla laniger
Chinchillidae
Chindia
Chindit

Literary usage of Chinaman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scribners Monthly (1878)
"She offered a cigar to my companion, which he accepted chinaman tried to get his place by underhand means. Sam carefully noted his movements; ..."

2. Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of by Sir Clements R Markham, George Bogle, Thomas Manning (1876)
"The chinaman drew, his sword and stabbed the lama, so that he died of his wounds. Now, to kill a lama is heinous in Tibet. Murmurs and discontent arose; ..."

3. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"He was asleep in his tent, and waking suddenly up, he saw a chinaman stealing from his table. ... The pursuer then tried to seize the flying chinaman ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1878)
"JOHN chinaman ABROAD. BY GR FITZ-ROT COLE, CE SLAVERY is a thing of the past,1 and such traces of it as survive are felt to be anomalous and doomed to early ..."

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