Chinesian

Origin

From en + -Chinese + ian, q.v.

Full definition of Chinesian

Noun

1. (uncommon, now jocular) Synonym of en, a citizen of China or an ethnic Chinese, particularly a Han Chinese person.

Proper noun

1. (uncommon, now jocular) Synonym of en, the people of China or the ethnic Chinese, particularly the Han Chinese. c. 1615
• c. 1615, Peter Floris, I cannot imagine what the Hollanders meane, to suffer these Maleysians, Chinesians and other Moores of these countries
• 1707, Elisha Coles, A Dictionary, English-Latin and Latin-English..., s.v. "Sinae":Sinae, a People of A?ia beyond India without Ganges, called now Chine?ians.

Adjective

1. (uncommon, now jocular) Synonym of en, of or related to China, the Chinese, or their culture, particularly Han Chinese culture. 1625
• 1959 April, Cordwainer Smith, "When the People Fell", Galaxy Science Fiction:Prince Lovaduck had obtained his odd name because he had had a Chinesian ancestor who did love ducks, ducks in their Peking formsucculent duck skins brought forth to him ancestral dreams of culinary ecstasy.