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Definition of "taipan" [taipan]

  • A foreign businessman or a trader in China. (noun)
  • A foreigner who is a chief executive of a business or company operating in China; a tycoon. (noun)
  • A large, extremely venomous elapid snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of Australia and New Guinea, having long fangs and large venom glands. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "taipan" in a sentence
  • "Indonesia: aulia: A maid who arrived in Surabaya from Taiwan is the 1st suspected Indonesian swine flu carrier according to #metrotv (via @wolwol) fujitasenpai: RT @BrandingComm: Rebranding Idea: instead of “Swine Flu” how about “Hamdemic”, “Aporkalypse” or “Snoutbreak”? antonnyliem: Dimsum@ taipan."
  • "Heir apparent to Chinese-Filipino taipan John Gokongwei and the driving force behind the rapid expansion of Cebu Pacific, Lance Gokongwei is causing a big splash in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia as he secures more and more routes for the low-cost carrier."
  • "Dubbed the "brown taipan," he stands out as an ethnic Filipino tycoon."
Words like "taipan"
coastal taipan
elapid
elapid snake
inland taipan
Papuan taipan