cham

[ kam ]

noun

1. an archaic variant of khan ¹.

cham

¹

/ kæm /

noun

1. an archaic word for khan 1

Cham

²

/ tʃæm /

noun

1. ChamChams a member of a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

Word History and Origins

Origin of cham¹

C16: from French, from Persian khān; see khan ¹

Example Sentences

The first real guitar I had, Mr. Cham Fields, who owned a roadhouse, gambling house, and W. C. Handy gave it to me.

From The Daily Beast

Brag not too much, for fear I should expect it, Then if you fail—Cham.

From Project Gutenberg

We have no writer with a more genuine literary flavour about him than the great Cham of literature.

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And on account of this Cham, this emperor called himself chan and sovereign of all the world.

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And of that generation of Cham are come the Pagans, and different people that are in islands of the sea about India.

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Pres′ence-cham′ber, -room, the chamber or room in which a great personage receives company.

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