English

Etymology
F. cham#French|cham < Turk. ķ�n �khan�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/kæm/

Noun
rfc-level|Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section
en-noun

1. An autocrat or dominant critic, especially w:Samuel Johnson|Samuel Johnson.

#*2007: The Tonsons [...] would publish Johnson's Shakespeare only by subscription, obliging the Great Cham to sell copies well ahead of publication � Michael Dobson, �For his Nose was as sharpe as a Pen�, London Review of Books 29:9, p. 3
#*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

Middle English

Etymology
See ch-#Middle English|ch-.

Verb
cham

1. I am.

Category:Middle English verbs

io:cham
pl:cham
te:cham
vi:cham
zh:cham

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