burman Meaning, Definition & Usage

Bur"man noun
Etymology
"The softened modern M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the European corruption Burma." Balfour.
Wordforms
plural Burmans
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.

Webster 1913