a. and sb. [f. JAVAN + -ESE.] a. adj. Of or pertaining to Java, Javan. b. sb. A native of Java (formerly with pl. Javaneses); also, the language of central Java, belonging to the Malayan family.
1704. Churchill, Collect. Voy., III. 724/1. The Javaneses and Mardykers.
1811. J. Leyden, in Scott, Biog. Notices (1880), II. 192, note. We will be joined by all the Malays and Javanese.
1841. Penny Cycl., XIX. 467/2. The scapula of the Javanese Rhinoceros.
1858. Faber, trans. Life Xavier, 340. Malay and Javanese soldiers.
