cham (k?m)n. Archaic A Tatar or Mongol khan.[Middle French, from Old French kaan, kan, partly from Mongolian ka?an and partly from Tatar xan; akin to Turkish han, khan; see khan1.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cham (kæm) n (Historical Terms) an archaic word for khan11[C16: from French, from Persian kh?n; see khan1]Cham (t?æm) npl Cham or Chams1. (Peoples) a member of a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian familyCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cham (kæm) n. Archaic. khan 1. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.