Definition of "Otaheite"

Otaheite

proper noun
1. (obsolete) Tahiti.
  Quotations
  The custom of eating dogs at Otaheite being mentioned, Goldsmith observed, that this was also a custom in China […] .
  1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 525
adjective
comparative more Otaheite, superlative most Otaheite
1. (now only in compound terms) Tahitian.
  Quotations
  ...and two Otaheite princes, nearly seven feet, swathed in white calico, with naked arms and legs, would stand on each side, holding a laurel crown over the heads of the fair cherubs, with a massive club in their right hands, threatening destruction to all who approached.
  1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 175
noun
uncountable
1. (obsolete) The Tahitian language.
  Quotations
  I found Omai seated on the Great Chair, and my Brother next to him, and talking Otaheite as fast as possible.
  1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December
2. (obsolete, rare) A Tahitian.