[Russian чинъ rank.] Rank; person or persons of quality.
1885. Contemp. Rev., Jan., 105. The name of the father is also the same: the tchin (rank) likewise!
1904. Daily Chron., 29 July, 4/4. M. Plehve … well knew that the Tsar, the amiable youngster,… was a tool in the hands of the omnipotent tchin.
Comb. 1904. Contemp. Rev., Aug., 165. The dismal tchin-ridden Russian villages.
