Samoan

[suh-moh-uh n]

adjective

pertaining to Samoa or its Polynesian people.

noun

a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
the Polynesian language of Samoa.

Origin of Samoan

First recorded in 1840–50; Samo(a) + -an

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Examples from the Web for samoan

Contemporary Examples of samoan

He took a Samoan lawyer with him, Oscar Zeta Acosta, and he took him because he thought he would be responsible.
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Alex Suskind
April 27, 2014
“An eight-grade girl told 12-year-old Willow that her Samoan brothers were going to gang-rape her,” said Bristol.
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Marlow Stern
June 21, 2011

Historical Examples of samoan

This is also the case in Queensland, Tasmania and the Samoan islands.
The Sexual Question
August Forel
He would arrange them on the floor, talking earnestly to himself in Samoan.
The Spinner's Book of Fiction
Various
To all my inquiries he answered in purest high-chief Samoan that he was my son.
The Spinner's Book of Fiction
Various
Samoan children are taught that it is "unsamoan" to tell the truth.
Folkways
William Graham Sumner
Medicine for tona—boils with which Samoan children are often afflicted.
The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
Nellie van De Grift Sanchez

British Dictionary definitions for samoan

Samoan

adjective

of or relating to Samoa, its people, or their language

noun

a member of the people that inhabit Samoa
the language of Samoa, belonging to the Polynesian family of languages

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