sb. pl. Obs. [f. China, on analogy of L. Sinensis, -es.] Chinese.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., II. iii. II. The Chinenses observe the same customes.
1649. G. Daniel, Trinarch., Hen. IV., cvii. The wise Chinenses … soe make their Porcelane.
So † Chinensian a. and sb. Obs.
1676. Phil. Trans., XI. 811. The Chinensian Succession in their several Families.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 233/1. A Chinensian, or a Man of China.
