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Bonze
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Bonze 

(1) A Buddhist monk in Asian countries.

(2) Figuratively, an arrogant, conceited official (for example, in the revisionist trade unions of capitalist countries, the organizational officials are trade-union bonzes).



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In a show of excess politeness that was not surprisingly ineffective, Philip Lutley Sclater, Secretary of the Zoological Society, wrote to Barnum's agent stating, "I am sorry to have to trouble you again about the Burmese Bonzes, but I hope you quite understand that we can only permit their presence in the Gardens as ordinary attendants upon the Elephant, and that no ceremonies of any sort or kind whatsoever are to be performed by them.
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