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▪ I. woon|wuːn|
Also wun.
[Burmese wun.]
A Burmese administrative officer. Also woondock, woongee, names for different grades of this.
1800M. Symes Acc. Embassy Ava xiii. 308 To assist in the administration of affairs, four officers, called Woondocks, are associated with the Woongees. Ibid. 309 There are..officers..who bear no ostensible share in the administration of public affairs, such as the Daywoon, or King's armour-bearer; the Chaingeewoon, or master of the elephants; also the Woons of the Queen's household. 1856Putnam's Monthly Mag. June 561/1 A message came down from the Woon, or head man, of the friendly people who inhabited the interior town of Pegu. 1886R. Churchill in Daily News 26 Jan. 2/4 Those [English] officers were supported by troops and were working through local woons. 1898H. F. Hall Soul of People vii. 92 Outside Mandalay the country was governed by wuns or governors. 1972A. T. Q. Stewart Pagoda War ix. 112 (caption) Thibaw's envoy, the wun with his golden umbrella, stands beside him.
▪ II. woon
var. wone, woollen. |