2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hong \Hong\, n. [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile house, factory.] A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. [1913 Webster] {Hong merchant}, one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hong \Hong\, v. t. & i. To hang. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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