English

Alternative spellings
joss pidgin man

Etymology
Chinese Pidgin English: joss#Chinese_Pidgin_English|joss "god" + pidgin#Chinese_Pidgin_English|pidgin "business" + man#Chinese_Pidgin_English|man "man"

Noun
joss#Chinese_Pidgin_English|joss-pidgin#Chinese_Pidgin_English|pidgin-man#Chinese_Pidgin_English|man

1. a priest, a missionary, a religious person

Synonyms
joss-man

Quotations
1875, James Fowler Rusling, Across America; or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast
:Joss pidgin man chop chop begin
1944, Robert A. Hall, Jr., Chinese Pidgin English Grammar and Texts, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 64, No. 3
:máj g� ǽskī ǧós-mǽn (or: ǧós-píǧin mǽn). I will enquire of the priest.

Category:Chinese Pidgin English nouns
Category:cpi:Occupations
Category:cpi:Religion

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