a. and sb. [f. prec. + -AN.]

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  A.  adj. Of or pertaining to the island of Sumatra or its inhabitants or language.

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1783.  W. Marsden, Sumatra, 36. The genuine Sumatran character.

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1850.  Latham, Nat. Hist. Man, 140. The wildest varieties of the Sumatran tribes.

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1887.  Encycl. Brit., XXII. 639/2. A remarkable feature of the Sumatran flora is the great variety of trees that vie with each other in stature and beauty.

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  b.  In names of animals indigenous to Sumatra, as Sumatran antelope, ape, broadbill, grosbeak, hare, rhinoceros, tapir; Sumatran monkey, one of the sacred monkeys, Semnopithecus melalophus; Sumatran pheasant, the Argus pheasant (see ARGUS 2).

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1793.  Pennant, Hist. Quad. (ed. 3), II. 321. *Sumatran Antelope … Cambing ootan, or Goat of the Woods.

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1838.  Penny Cycl., XII. 408/1. These *Sumatran Apes … exhibit strong maternal affection.

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1880.  Cassell’s Nat. Hist., IV. 119. The same author [sc. Davison] writes of the *Sumatran Broadbill.

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1801.  Latham, Gen. Synopsis Birds, Suppl. II. 194. *Sumatran Gr[osbeak] Loxia hypoxantha…. Inhabits the rice fields of the island of Sumatra.

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1887.  Encycl. Brit., XXII. 640/1. The *Sumatran hare (Lepus netscheri), discovered in 1880.

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1871.  Cassell’s Nat. Hist., I. 95. The *Sumatran Monkey, in which the female is light brown and the male is a most extraordinary-looking yellow.

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1783.  W. Marsden, Sumatra, 97. The coo-ow, or famous *Sumatran or Argos pheasant.

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1834.  Penny Cycl., II. 483/2. The *Sumatran rhinoceros (vR. Sumatrensis) resembles the African species.

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1849.  Pickering, Races of Man (1851), 314. The *Sumatran Tapir.

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  B.  sb. A native or inhabitant of the island of Sumatra; also, the Sumatran language.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, III. v. 233/1. The Sumatrans do wear Turbuts on their heads.

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1783.  W. Marsden, Sumatra, 56. The Sumatrans live, in a great measure, upon vegetable food.

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1796.  Morse, Amer. Geog., II. 593. The original clothing of the Sumatrans is the same with that of the inhabitants of the South Sea islands.

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1813.  Q. Rev., Oct., 257. Languages and Dialects … Cingalese, Malayan, Sumatran.

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1850.  Latham, Nat. Hist. Man, 151. The Malaccan origin of the earlier Sumatrans.

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