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Meaning of tuan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.
  2. Lord; master.
    South-Asia, obsolete

Equivalents

Polski tafa

Examples

“"It gives you the Tuan touch. You learn to clap your hands to summon your coloured servants, instead of yelling...to drink stengahs, instead of plain whisky, to speak of lunch as tiffin...God help us!" He chuckled deeply.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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