Makassarese

[ muh-kas-uh-reez, -rees ]

noun

, plural Ma·kas·sar·ese

1. a member of a Muslim people of southwestern Sulawesi, near Ujung Pandang, closely related to the Buginese.
2. the Austronesian language of the Makassarese.

Example Sentences

High turbans of white or red cambric, elaborately twisted, add dignity to the stately figures, deeply-cut features and hawk noses denoting Arab origin, for the Makassarese is a lineal descendant of the Moslem pirates, once the terror of these island-studded seas.

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