cham

Meaning

cham means an autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

• 1997: "Sitting at a table, drinking Ale, observing the Mist thro’ the Window-Panes, Mason forty-five, the Cham sixty-four." — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
• The article uses cham to mean an autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.