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Khmer definition

Khmer (kə mer′)

noun

  1. a member of a people of Cambodia that had a highly developed civilization that reached its peak in the 12th cent.
  2. the Mon-Khmer language of this people, also spoken in NE Thailand and S Vietnam

Etymology: < the Khmer name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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