amban
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ (amban).
Noun
amban (plural ambans or ambasa)
- (now historical) A Chinese official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule.
- 1869, George W. Hayward, “Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar”, in Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, volume XL:
- Regarding the scene before him with the calmness of a stoic, sits the grey-bearded old Ambân in his chair of state, quietly smoking a long pipe, while beside him kneel his weeping daughters, all conscious of their coming fate.
- 1924, Charles Bell, Tibet Past and Present, Delhi, published 2000, page 46:
- In 1846 Messrs. Huc and Gabet, two French Lazarist Fathers, visited Lhasa from the north, and stayed two and a half months, when they were expelled through the influence of the Chinese Amban.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 388:
- Although he was received there by a guard of honour of sorts, Elias found the amban, or senior Chinese official, openly hostile.
Translations
provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule
Anagrams
Yakan
Preposition
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