Definition of "Batavian"

Batavian

adjective
comparative more Batavian, superlative most Batavian
1. (obsolete) From Batavia; Jakartan.
2. Pertaining to a member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
  Quotations
  Si Dul, a Batavian boy, is playing at sedekah with his two friends...
  1991, C.D. Grijns, Jakarta Malay, volume 2, page 6
3. From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
noun
plural Batavians
1. (obsolete) Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
2. A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
  Quotations
  By the end of the nineteenth century the diverse Indonesian ethnic group shown in the second column of Table I had lost their identity to a new sukubangsa, that of the Batavians…
  1967, Lance Castle, “The Ethnic Profile of Djakarta”, in Indonesia, page 156
3. Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.