(n) Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975), Syn. Chiang Chung-cheng
pos>a. [ L. chius, fr. Chios the island Chios, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Ægean Sea. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chian earth, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic. -- Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine, obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus. [ 1913 Webster ]