Chin, n.2
(tʃɪn)
[Burmese, ‘hill-man’.]
One of a people inhabiting the Chin hills and adjacent districts in Burma; also, their language.
| 1881 F. S. Copleston in Rep. Census Brit. Burma 68 In British Burma the Chins are very widely extended. 1882 [see Arakanese a. and n.]. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organiz. iv. 145 The Feasts of Merit of the Chins of Burma. 1962 Listener 25 Oct. 646/1 Some of these hill peoples—such as the Karens, Kachins, and Chins—have a long tradition of feuding and fighting with the Burmese of the plains. |