Burman

[bur-muhn]

Bur·man

[bur-muhn] noun, plural Bur·mans, adjective
noun
1.
a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
2.
Burmese (def. 1).
adjective
3.
of or pertaining to the Burmans as an ethnic group.
4.
Burmese (def. 4).

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Burman is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1790–1800; Burm(a) + -an

pro-Bur·man, adjective
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