Associations to the word «Manchurian»

Wiktionary

MANCHURIAN, adjective. Pertaining to Manchuria.
MANCHURIAN, noun. (Discuss([/2016/?action=edit&section=new&preloadtitle=%5B%5BManchurian%5D%5D +]) this sense) An inhabitant of Manchuria, especially one who is not of Han Chinese origin.
MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, noun. A person that has unknowingly been convinced to act toward some interest.
MANCHURIAN CANDIDATES, noun. Plural of Manchurian candidate
MANCHURIAN WILD RICE, noun. A cereal grass that grows mostly in China, whose stem is eaten as a vegetable; Zizania latifolia.

Dictionary definition

MANCHURIAN, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture; "the Manchurian invasion".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats