Examples

2 sentences

  1. And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

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  2. And Noah, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

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Meaning

1 senses

  1. An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.

Origin

From French cham, from Ottoman Turkish خان (han) (see there for more).

From French cham, from Ottoman Turkish خان (han) (see there for more).

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Forms

plural: chams
Singularcham
Pluralchams

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
challahchallengeA2challengerchamberchambermaidchameleon

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