taipan
noun /ˈtaɪpæn/
/ˈtaɪpæn/
(from Chinese)- a foreign person who is in charge of a business in China
大班（旧时对中国洋行老板的称呼） - an extremely poisonous Australian snake
太潘蛇（产于澳大利亚，剧毒）
词源sense 1 mid 19th cent.: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) daaihbāan.sense 2 1930s: from Wik Munkan (an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland) dhayban.