~ 1 [ 'tʌɪpan ]
■ noun a foreigner who is head of a business in China.
Origin
C19: from Chin. (Cantonese dialect) daaihbāan .
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~ 2 [ 'tʌɪpan ]
■ noun a large, brown, highly venomous Australian snake. [ Oxyuranus scutellatus .]
Origin
1930s: from dhayban , the name in an extinct Aborig. lang.