ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tuan

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tuan is a noun meaning A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.

Meaning

A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.

More Meanings

  1. (obsolete, South Asia) Lord; master.

Example Sentences

"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.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fang, fu, lin, sheng, mu, tammar.

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