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noun

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The correct spelling is chams. An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson. For example: "1997: "Sitting at a table, drinking Ale, observing the Mist thro’ the Window-Panes, Mason forty-five, the Cham sixty-four." — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon"

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1997: "Sitting at a table, drinking Ale, observing the Mist thro’ the Window-Panes, Mason forty-five, the Cham sixty-four." — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Definition

noun

  1. 1.An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
  2. 2.A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
  3. 3.An Ottoman sultan.
  4. 4.A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
  5. 5.A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.

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