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Malaysian, a. and n.|məˈleɪsɪən|
[f. Malaysia, a name given by some geographers to the Malay archipelago + -an.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to Malaysia. Recently in the narrower sense: of or pertaining to the Federation of Malaysia (formed in 1963 from the states of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and (until 1965) Singapore).
1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 324/2 This astonishing expansion of the Malaysian peoples throughout the Oceanic area. 1884Q. Rev. Apr. 332 The principal..actors in the life drama of the Malaysian stage. 1962Times 9 Jan. 9/3 English is to remain as an ‘international language’ in the proposed Malaysian Federation. 1963Daily Tel. 12 Sept. 21/7 The agreement covers the question of sovereignty for Singapore and arrangements as between the Singapore Government and the Malaysian Government for emergency security measures. 1963Guardian 16 Sept. 9/4 The Malaysian Government is fully aware that recognition is not a right but a privilege. 1971Ibid. 22 Feb. 3/1 About ninety bills face the Malaysian Parliament when it re-opens tomorrow after 21 months. 1973J. M. White Garden Game 97 A crumpled fistful of Malaysian money.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of the Malay archipelago (quot. 1625) or of Malaysia.
1625Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xiv. 321, I cannot imagine what the Hollanders meane to suffer these Maleysians, Chinesians, and Moores of those countries. 1955Times 15 June 9/6 The population of the Malay States comprises roughly 50 per cent. Malaysians, 40 per cent. Chinese, 10 per cent. others. 1965Guardian 24 July 8/6 His efforts to overrun the Malaysians in Borneo. 1970Daily Tel. 16 June 2/8 (heading) Malaysian jailed for blackmail. 1974‘G. Black’ Golden Cockatrice v. 93 You are as good a Malaysian as I am a Taiwanese. |