1. A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; Also called: Malayan.
2. A western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages.
A member of a large group of peoples comprising the majority population of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, also found in S Thailand and coastal Sumatra and Borneo. Their language belongs to the western branch of the Austronesian family.

Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; Also called: Malayan.