TAIPAN

I. noun Etymology: Chinese (Guangdong) daaih-bāan, from daaih big + bāan class Date: 1834 a powerful businessman and especially formerly a foreigner living and operating in Hong Kong or China, II. noun Etymology: Wik Munkan (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) dhayban Date: 1933 an exceedingly venomous elapid snake ( Oxyuranus scutellatus ) of northern Australia and New Guinea