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tuan¹

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Borrowed from Wathaurong duwan.

noun tuans

  1. A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.

    Similar: common wambenger, black-tailed phascogale

tuan²

noun tuans

  1. South Asia, obsolete Lord; master. "It gives you the Tuan touch. You learn to clap your hands to summon your coloured servants, instead of yelling...to drink stengahs, instead of plain whisky, to speak of lunch as tiffin...God help us!" He chuckled deeply.

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"tuan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tuan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tuan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tuan

Chicago

"tuan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tuan.

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@misc{tuan_2026,
  title = {tuan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tuan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}