What does "chinese" mean?
Chinese: A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.
Additional senses
- 2.sing. The language of China, which is monosyllabic. Note: Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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