dalai lama

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   chief lama and once ruler of Tibet

   SynonymsGrand Lama

   Broaderlama

Questions about dalai lama

What does dalai lama mean?

dalai lama means "chief lama and once ruler of Tibet".

What is another word for dalai lama?

Close synonyms include Grand Lama. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dalai lama a common word?

dalai lama is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.