Burman \Bur"man\, n.; pl. Burmans. [``The softened modern M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the European corruption Burma.'' --Balfour.]

, (Ethnol.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)