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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoppo
Hop′po
,Noun.
(a)
A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce.
(b)
A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.
[China]
Hoppo men
, Chinese customhouse officers.
Definition 2024
hoppo
hoppo
English
Noun
hoppo (plural hoppos or hoppoes)
- (dated) A Chinese collector of customs (duties); an overseer of commerce.
- (dated) A Chinese tribunal or commission in charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.
References
- hoppo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913