'Taiping rebellion' definitions:

Definition of 'Taiping rebellion'

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  • Taiping \Tai"ping"\, or Taeping \Tae"ping"\, a. [Chin. t'aip'ing great peace.] (Chinese Hist.) Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung-Siu-Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the
  • Taiping rebellion, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by General Gordon about 1864. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]