The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hoppo \Hop"po\, n.
A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce.
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A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation. [China]
Hoppo men, Chinese customhouse officers.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context dated English) A Chinese collector of customs (duties); an overseer of commerce. 2 (context dated English) A Chinese tribunal or commission in charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.
Usage examples of "hoppo".
I have been talking with the Hoppo in an effort to settle the disagreement.
Chief Magistrate, duly alarmed by the urgent message from the Hoppo, followed his men to see that the orders were carried out.
Yet he left behind him a disciple, named Hoppo, who had also for his master that Stadlin whom we have mentioned before in the sixth chapter.