Indonesian

3 definitions found

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

  Indonesian \In`do*ne"sian\, a. [Indo- + Gr. ? island.]
     Of or pertaining to Indonesia or Indonesians.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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



  Indonesian \In`do*ne"sian\, n.
     1. A member of a race forming the chief pre-Malay population
        of the Malay Archipelago, and probably sprung from a
        mixture of Polynesian and Mongoloid immigrants. According
        to Keane, the autochthonous Negritos were largely expelled
        by the Caucasian Polynesians, themselves followed by
        Mongoloid peoples of Indo-Chinese affinities, from mixture
        with whom sprang the
  
     {Indonesian race}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
              The term Indonesian, introduced by Logan to
              designate the light-colored non-Malay inhabitants of
              the Eastern Archipelago, is now used as a convenient
              collective name for all the peoples of Malaysia and
              Polynesia who are neither Malay nor Papuans, but of
              Caucasic type. . . . The true Indonesians are of
              tall stature (5 ft. 10 in.), muscular frame, rather
              oval features, high, open forehead, large straight
              or curved nose, large full eyes always horizontal
              and with no trace of the third lid, light brown
              complexion (cinnamon or ruddy brown), long black
              hair, not lank but often slightly curled or wavy,
              skull generally brachycephalous like that of the
              melanochroic European.                --A. H. Keane.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
              The Indonesians [of the Philippines], with the
              tribal population of some 251, 200, live almost
              exclusively on the great island of Mindanao. They
              are not only physically superior to the Negritos,
              but to the peoples of the Malayan race as well, and
              are, as a rule, quite intelligent.    --Rep. Phil.
                                                    Com., 1902.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A native or inhabitant of Indonesia.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Indonesian
       adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its
             people or languages
       n 1: a native or inhabitant of Indonesia
       2: the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the
          Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia [syn: {Bahasa
          Indonesia}, {Bahasa}]