toomongong

English

Noun

toomongong (plural toomongongs)

1. (obsolete) A Malay title, especially known as borne by one of the chiefs of Johor, from whom the island of Singapore was purchased.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “toomongong”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].