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Mao

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Mao /maʊ/

▶noun [as modifier] denoting a jacket or suit of a plain style with a mandarin collar, associated with communist China.

– origin 1960s: by assoc. with Mao Zedong (see Maoism).

'Mao' also found in these Oxford entries:

Maoism - mao-tai - Marxism–Leninism

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