CHINESE (2)

chinese (2). Chinese, a. pertaining to China

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Chi‐nese″, n. sing. & pl. 1. 1. A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.
2. 2. sing. The language of China, which is monosyllabic.
☞ Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton.