Burman

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


  
     Note: Burma is now (1998) named Myanmar.
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