Definition of "Malayan"

Malayan¹

/məˈleɪən/

noun
plural Malayans
1. A person from Malaysia or the former Malaya; a Malay.
  Quotations
  The third class is intended to provide cheap travel for the poorest Malayans; wooden seats are the rule, the compensation lying in the fare of four cents a mile (about 1d).
  1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706
2. Either of two lycaenid butterflies of the genus Megisba of Asia and Australasia.
adjective
comparative more Malayan, superlative most Malayan
1. of, or relating to Malaysia or the former Malaya; Malay