dictionary definitions for "maori"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Maori
      n 1: an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who
           speak Maori and live in New Zealand
      2: the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maori \Ma"o*ri\, prop. n.; pl. Maoris. (Ethnol.)
     One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the
     original language of New Zealand. -- a. Of or pertaining to
     the Maoris or to their language.
     [1913 Webster]


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