Dictionary entry

Burman

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bur″man (�), n.; pl.Burmans (�). [“The softened modern M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma is the source of the European corruption Burma.” Balfour.], (Ethnol.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese. — a. Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.