taipán

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Definition of taipán in English English dictionary

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taipan

a foreign businessman in China; a tycoon

Of course it was very sad, but the taipan could hardly help a smile when he thought how many of these young fellows he had drunk underground.

taipan

any of a venomous species of snake, of the family Elapidae, found in Australia and New Guinea

taipan

large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia

Hyphenation

tai·pan

Etymology

() From the name of the Thaypan tribe of Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.