cham

Definitions

1. Archaic spelling of khan.
   alt-of, archaic
2. I am
   West-Country, contraction, obsolete
3. An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.
   plural, plural-only
4. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
5. A town in Bavaria, Germany.
6. A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.
7. an ethnic Albanian from Çamëri, originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Çamëri (engl.: Chameria).
8. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
9. An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
10. An abugida used to write this language.

Equivalents

Examples

“And ſince we haue arriu’d in Scythia, Beſides rich preſents from the puiſant Cham, UUe haue his highneſſe letters to commaund Aide and aſſiſtance if we ſtand in need⟳.”

“But Baiothnoi, chief captain of the Tartarian army (for they were not admitted to speak⟳ with the great cham himself), cried quits with this friar, outvying him with the greatness and divinity of their cham; and sent back by them a blunt letter[…]”

“Sitting at a table, drinking Ale, observing the Mist thro’ the Window-Panes, Mason forty-five, the Cham sixty-four.”

“The Tonsons […] would publish⟳ Johnson's Shakespeare only by subscription, obliging the Great Cham to sell⟳ copies well ahead of publication”

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