taipan (redirected from Taipans)

tai·pan ¹  (tpn)

n.

1. A foreign businessman or a trader in China.

2. A foreigner who is a chief executive of a business or company operating in China; a tycoon.

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[Chinese (Cantonese) taaî-paan, eminent businessman, head of a firm, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) tái, big + bn, class.]

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tai·pan ²  (tpn)

n.

A large, extremely venomous elapid snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of Australia and New Guinea, having long fangs and large venom glands.

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[Wik-Mungan (Aboriginal language of northeast Australia) dhayban.]

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taipan¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of NE Australia

[from a native Australian language]

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taipan²

n

(Business / Commerce) the foreign head of a business in China

[from dialectal form of Chinese tai great + ban company, class]

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Noun

1.

taipan - large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia Oxyuranus scutellatus elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres genus Oxyuranus, Oxyuranus - taipans