tuan

¹ British  

/ ˈtuːɑːn /

noun

1. (in Malay-speaking countries) sir; lord: a form of address used as a mark of respect

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tuan ² British  

/ ˈtuːən, ˈtjuː- /

noun

1. Also called: wambenger.   brush-tailed phascogale.   phascogale.  a flying phalanger, Phascogale tapoatafa , of Australia. It is about the size of a rat, bluish grey in colour, brush-tailed, arboreal, and nocturnal

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Etymology

Origin of tuan¹

Malay

Origin of tuan²

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

All charges have been dismissed against one of four suspects in the 2023 slaying of Oakland police Officer Tuan Le, Alameda County D.A. says.

From Los Angeles Times

Officer Tuan Le and his partner, who rode together in an unmarked white truck, pulled into the parking lot and saw a group running toward vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times

"This was the biggest flood I have experienced, with water levels in my house about 40 centimetres higher than that of 1999," said 56-year-old Hue resident Tran Anh Tuan.

From Barron's

"My ground floor is under about two metres of floodwaters. We had moved all essential furniture upstairs. We have been in the dark over a day as power was cut off," Tuan told AFP from his three-storey house in central Hue.

From Barron's

“This happens way too often, this doesn’t have to happen,” said Tuan Ngo, an organizer with a public safety advocacy group called Asians Unite.

From Los Angeles Times