English Explanatory Dictionary

talapoin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monkey from one of two species of Old World monkeys, of the genus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face.
  2. A Buddhist monk or priest.

Word forms

talapoin talapoins tallapoi

Etymology

From French talapoin, from Portuguese talapão, from Mon တၠဳ ပိုဲ (tloe poi, “our lord”).

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