taipan (1)EnglishOxford New American Dictionarytaipan1 /ˈtīˌpan, ˈtaɪˌpæn / ▸ noun a foreigner who is head of a business in China. – ORIGIN mid 19th century : from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) daaihbāan.
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