Mao·ri (mou'rē)
n., pl., Maori, or -ris.

1. A member of a people of New Zealand, of Polynesian-Melanesian descent.
2. The Austronesian language of the Maori.

adj.
Of or relating to the Maori or their language or culture.

[Maori Māori, from māori, ordinary people.]

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