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Buggess
† ˈBuggess Obs. [a. Bugis, ‘name given by the Malays to the dominant race of the Island of Celébes’ (Col. Yule).] A name formerly used in the Indian Archipelago for a native soldier in European service.1699 W. Dampier Voy. II. i. 108 These Buggasses are a sort of warlike trading Malayans and mercena...
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Bugis
Bugis, n. (and a.) (ˈbuːgɪs) Pl. Bugis. Also Bugi (ˈbuːgɪ), pl. Bugi. [a. Mal. Bugis (see Buggess); the Buginese self-designation is Bugi'.] a. (A member of) a people of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes). b. The Austronesian language of this people. c. attrib. or as adj.1808, etc....
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lungi
‖ lungi (ˈlʊngiː) Also 7 lung, lunga, longee, longi, 7–9 lungee, lungie, lungy, 9 loongee, loonghie, lunggi, 20 longyi, lungyi. [Urdū (Persian) lungī, f. lung of the same meaning. Cf. langooty.] A loin cloth. Also, the material of which this is made.1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 197 A lung or cover to c...
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kris
kris, creese, crease (krɪs, kriːs) Forms: 6 crise, (cricke), 6–7 crys, 7 crisse, crize, cryze, (crest, cresset, cric), 8 cris, crice, 8–9 cress, creese, 9 kreese, crese, creeze, crease, kris, kriss, (krist). [a. Malay kirīs, krīs, kres, according to Yule and Burnell of Javanese origin: the earliest ...
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