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Tuan

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Tuan  (twän)
n.
Used in Malay as a form of respectful address for a man, equivalent to sir or mister.
[Malay, perhaps from tua, old.]
tuan1
n
(in Malay-speaking countries) sir; lord: a form of address used as a mark of respect
[Malay]
tuan2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a flying phalanger, Phascogale tapoatafa, of Australia. It is about the size of a rat, bluish grey in colour, brush-tailed, arboreal, and nocturnal Also called wambenger brush-tailed phascogale phascogale
[from a native Australian language]
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