Chicom

English

Etymology

Blend of Chinese +‎ communist.

Noun

Chicom (plural Chicoms)

  1. (politics, informal, sometimes offensive) A member of the Communist Party of China, a Chinese cadre.
    • 1964 April 22, W.A. Harriman, The Bases for Direct Action Against Chinese Communist Nuclear Facilities‎[1], Washington, D.C.:
      Action against the ChiCom nuclear facilities which was incidental to other military actions taken against Communist China in response to Chinese aggression would generally be preferable to actions directed against nuclear facilities alone.
  2. (politics, informal, sometimes offensive) A proponent of Chinese Communism, whether Maoist or its subsequent development.
    • 1964 April 22, W.A. Harriman, The Bases for Direct Action Against Chinese Communist Nuclear Facilities‎[2], Washington, D.C.:
      Action against the ChiCom nuclear facilities which was incidental to other military actions taken against Communist China in response to Chinese aggression would generally be preferable to actions directed against nuclear facilities alone.
  3. (politics, informal, inexact, sometimes offensive, ethnic slur) Any citizen of the People's Republic of China.
    • 1964 April 22, W.A. Harriman, The Bases for Direct Action Against Chinese Communist Nuclear Facilities‎[3], Washington, D.C.:
      Action against the ChiCom nuclear facilities which was incidental to other military actions taken against Communist China in response to Chinese aggression would generally be preferable to actions directed against nuclear facilities alone.
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