Definitions for manchu

Overview of noun manchu

The noun manchu has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. Manchu

(a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century)

2. Qing, Qing dynasty, Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu, Manchu dynasty

(the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu)

3. Manchu

(the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu)