Chinaman
noun
a term used to refer to a Chinese person or a person of Chinese descent.
Chinamen
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pluralof Chinaman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He is the only white man to my knowledge ever to become a Chinese Mason, which is considered among Chinamen a great honor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every few days a new opera is presented, in Chinese, by Chinamen and Chinawomen artists and singers, for a Chinese audience and entirely in the Chinese manner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Against the wall, in the far corner, I found a handsome chest of camphor-wood bound with brass, such as Chinamen and sailors love, and indeed all of mankind 227 that plies in the Pacific.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Our boats were instantly alongside the wreck, and took from it, and picked out of the water, ten persons in all, of whom two were Chinamen.
From Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by W. Hastings Macaulay
So the Bishop and I stayed with her, and ten Chinamen guarded our house.
From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by Henriette McDougall
