sb. Obs. Also Chinao. [a. OSp.]
1. A Chinese.
1588. R. Parke, trans. Mendoza’s Hist. China, 23. The Chinos do agree to this.
1614. Raleigh, Hist. World, I. vii. § 10. The Chinaos account all other Nations but Salvages.
1641. R. Greville (Ld. Brooke), Disc. Nat. Episc., 59. The learning of the Chinoes, where the A. B. C. amounts to 10000 letters.
2. Chino- is now used in comb. as in Chino-Japanese, etc.
