taipan

Definitions

1. A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.
2. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.
3. A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background)
   Philippines

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The British taipans stood in one sodden circle with their womenfolk, like⟳ bored officers at a garrison get-together.”

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