cham
an archaic variant of khan1.
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How to use cham in a sentence
The first real guitar I had, Mr. cham Fields, who owned a roadhouse, gambling house, and W. C. Handy gave it to me.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrag not too much, for fear I should expect it, Then if you fail—cham.
The Little French Lawyer | Francis BeaumontWe have no writer with a more genuine literary flavour about him than the great cham of literature.
Obiter Dicta | Augustine BirrellAnd on account of this cham, this emperor called himself chan and sovereign of all the world.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.And of that generation of cham are come the Pagans, and different people that are in islands of the sea about India.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.
Pres′ence-cham′ber, -room, the chamber or room in which a great personage receives company.
British Dictionary definitions for cham (1 of 2)
/ (kæm) /
an archaic word for khan 1 (def. 1)
Origin of cham
1British Dictionary definitions for Cham (2 of 2)
/ (tʃæm) /
plural Cham or Chams a member of a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam
the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family
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