Cham
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kæm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cham is a noun meaning An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
Meaning
An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
More Meanings
- (West Country, obsolete) I am
- Archaic spelling of khan.
- (obsolete) To chew.
Example Sentences
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
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 he that repenteth toward the law of God, and at the sight of the sacrament, or of the breaking, feeling, eating, chamming, or drinking, calleth to remembrance the death of Christ, his body breaking and blood shedding for our sins [...]
Word Forms
- chams
- chamming
- chammed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include niger, sham, knocker, chamcha, chider, criticule.
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