What's the difference between chinaman and chinamen?

Chinaman


Definition:

  • (n.) A native of China; a Chinese.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He said: “If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying.
  • (2) If somebody says to a Chinaman: ‘You’re a chink,’ would he be upset about it?
  • (3) China While China's uneasy embrace of the free market means Colonel Sanders' face is seen more than Chairman Mao's, it doesn't mean that Xuan Q Chinaman can put up his Reeboks, sip on a Pepsi and watch what he likes.
  • (4) If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying,” Whelan said.
  • (5) The Wigan owner also said it was “nothing” to call a “Chinaman” a “Chink” and that any Englishman who said he had not done so was lying.
  • (6) First, I’d mistakenly believed mocking east Asian people for their speech inflections had died out with Benny Hill’s Chinaman skit .
  • (7) He said: “Calling a Chinaman a ‘chink’ is nothing,” adding: “If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a ‘chink’, he’s lying.” Of the reference to Smith, Whelan said Mackay’s remark was only reflecting that Jewish people “love money” like everybody does.

Chinamen


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Chinaman

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Then Jeremy went on to suggest we should all work harder , like those Chinamen in the blue pyjamas and curly slippers they have in cowboy films.

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