Meaning of Capitan China | Babel Free

Definitions

A Chinese official, boss, or headman, who had authority over Chinese workers in a foreign nation.

historical

Examples

“The "Capitan China" is a personage always met and very much looked up to, on the tin mines all over the Malayan Peninsula.”

“Choa Mah Soo was made Capitan-China in Klias and Mempakul, Pope-Hennessy later claiming that he had "induced the Sultan to restore the old system of "Capitans China" and to treat the Chinese well."”

CEFR level