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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Burmans

[“The softened modern M’yan-ma, M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the European corruption

Burma

.”

Balfour.

]

(Ethnol.)

A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burma; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burma; a Burmese.

–

Adj.

Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.

Burma is now (1998) named Myanmar.

See also: Burmán

Burman ‎(not comparable)

Burman ‎(plural Burmans)

A member of the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of Myanmar, especially as distinguished from the Shan, Karen, and other minority peoples.
A native or inhabitant of Myanmar; a Burmese.