A member of a people native to Manchuria who ruled China during the Qing dynasty.
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The Tungusic language of the Manchu.
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Of or relating to the Manchu or their language or culture.
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A member of a people of Manchuria: the Manchus conquered China in 1643-44 and set up a dynasty that ruled until 1912
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The Tungusic language of this people.
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Of the Manchus or their language or culture.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
manchu
Plural:
manchus
Origin of manchu
Manchu manju
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Manchu Sentence Examples
Manchu, as has been said, is not the name of the country but of the people who inhabit it.
Nothing is recorded of the facts of Aisin Gioro's reign except that he named the people over whom he reigned Manchu, or " Pure."
Under Manchu rule the aimaks became converted into the same number of military corps, each composed of so many hoshuns as military units.
Four Manchu tsian-tsuns, or governor-generals, acted as chiefs of the troops, and the prince of each aimak, nominated from Peking, was considered as the lieutenant or assistant of his respective Manchu chief.
The hoshuns were subject to their own princes, each of whom had a military adviser, generally a Manchu.