tai-pan

Noun

Meaning

tai-pan (plural tai-pans)

Alternative form of taipan (“foreign businessman in China”)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

tice

Examples

Both tai-pans were responsible only to the senior partner or proprietor in London who was normally a retired former tai-pan and an elder member of the Jardine family. Source: Internet

The firm's present managing director or tai-pan is Anthony Nightingale who is based in Hong Kong. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tai-hsien Tai-Kadai Tai-ngan Tai-yeh Pond taiaha Taian