bonze
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bonze
1580–90; < Middle French < Portuguese bonzo or New Latin bonzius < Japanese bonsō, bonzō ordinary priest ( bon- ordinary + sō priest < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese f án-sēng ); or < dialectal Japanese bonzu for bōzu priest
Example Sentences
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“Hopefully it’s soon,” Elway said Friday night at a ceremony dedicating a bonze likeness of Bowlen outside Sports Authority Field.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2015
Wily and ruthless, Delphic and adept, he is the best of breed of a new kind of back room bonze.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before the first bonze set fire to himself, the leaders of the Buddhist uprising tipped off a Western reporter in advance.
From Time Magazine Archive
No doubt the differences between one constructivist painting and another would seem just as nugatory to a bonze.
From Time Magazine Archive
He’s painted himself in the style of a bonze, looking a little bit Japanese.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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