khmer








noun

  1. a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century a.d. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina.
  2. an Austroasiatic language that is the official language of Cambodia.

noun

  1. a member of a people of Cambodia, noted for a civilization that flourished from about 800 ad to about 1370, remarkable for its architecture
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family: the official language of Cambodia

adjective

  1. of or relating to this people or their language

1867, native name. Khmer Rouge, communist party of Cambodia, literally “Red Khmer,” is with French rouge (see rouge (n.)).

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