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taipan
noun (1)
tai·pan
| \ ˈtī-ˌpan
, ˈtī-ˈpän
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, ˈtī-ˈpän
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Definition of taipan
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a powerful businessman and especially formerly a foreigner living and operating in Hong Kong or China
taipan
noun (2)
tai·pan
| \ ˈtī-ˌpan
\
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Definition of taipan (Entry 2 of 2)
: an exceedingly venomous elapid snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of northern Australia and New Guinea
also
: a related snake (O. microlepidotus)
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